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ISBN/UID: 9781620111888
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Duke Classics
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Knut Hamsun's novel The Growth of the Soil won the Norwegian writer a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. English translator W. W. Worster summed up the novel with these words: "It is the life story of a man in the wilds, the genesis and gradual de...
Community Reviews Summary of 337 reviews
Moods
hopeful 56%
relaxing 52%
adventurous 34%
inspiring 30%
informative 26%
emotional 21%
lighthearted 17%
challenging 13%
dark 8%
funny 4%
sad 4%
Pace
slow 45%
fast 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 54% | A mix: 27% | Plot: 18%Strong character development?
Yes: 52% | No: 28% | It's complicated: 19%Loveable characters?
Yes: 47% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 19%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 77% | Yes: 13% | It's complicated: 9%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 57% | No: 23% | It's complicated: 19%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Child death, MisogynyModerate
Infidelity, Racism, AbortionMinor
Animal death, Death
missing page info
ISBN/UID: 9781620111888
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Duke Classics
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Knut Hamsun's novel The Growth of the Soil won the Norwegian writer a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. English translator W. W. Worster summed up the novel with these words: "It is the life story of a man in the wilds, the genesis and gradual de...
Community Reviews Summary of 337 reviews
Moods
hopeful 56%
relaxing 52%
adventurous 34%
inspiring 30%
informative 26%
emotional 21%
lighthearted 17%
challenging 13%
dark 8%
funny 4%
sad 4%
Pace
slow 45%
fast 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 54% | A mix: 27% | Plot: 18%Strong character development?
Yes: 52% | No: 28% | It's complicated: 19%Loveable characters?
Yes: 47% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 19%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 77% | Yes: 13% | It's complicated: 9%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 57% | No: 23% | It's complicated: 19%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Child death, MisogynyModerate
Infidelity, Racism, AbortionMinor
Animal death, Death