Length15h 17m
About this audiobook
Growth of the Soil (Norwegian Markens Grøde), is a novel by Knut Hamsun which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. It follows the story of a man who settles and lives in rural Norway. First published in 1917, it has since been translated from Norwegian into languages such as English. The novel was written in the popular style of Norwegian new realism, a movement dominating the early 20th century. The novel exemplified Hamsun's aversion to modernity and inclination towards primitivism and the agrarian lifestyle. The novel employed literary techniques new to the time such as stream of consciousness. Hamsun tended to stress the relationship between his characters and the natural environment. Growth of the Soil portrays the protagonist (Isak) and his family as awed by modernity, yet at times, they come into conflict with it. The novel contains two sections entitled Book One and Book Two. The first book focuses almost solely on the story of Isak and his family and the second book starts off by following the plight of Axel and ends mainly focusing on Isak's family.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length15 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 11, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter I
17Chapter XVII
2Chapter II
18Chapter XVIII
3Chapter II
19Chapter XIX
4Chapter IV
20Book Two
5Chapter V
21Chapter I
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6Chapter VI
22Chapter II
7Chapter VII
23Chapter III
8Chapter VIII
24Chapter IV
9Chapter IX
25Chapter V
10Chapter X
26Chapter VI
11Chapter XI
27Chapter VII
12Chapter XII
28Chapter VIII
13Chapter XIII
29Chapter IX
14Chapter XIV
30Chapter X
15Chapter XV
31Chapter XI
16Chapter XVI
32Chapter XII
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