The complete online text of Pan by Knut Hamsun.

The novels of the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) introduced a new style and concept of character into European literature. He received the 1920 Nobel Prize for literature. Knut Hamsun was born on Aug. 4, 1859, in Lom (Gudbrandsdal). When he was...

Knut Hamsun is Norway's best-known novelist and one of the major world writers of modern times. He is commonly ranked immediately below the four great names of Scandinavian literature: Hans Christian Andersen, Søren Kierkegaard, Henrik Ibsen, and...

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