# Growth of the Soil — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun.

- [Book I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/book-i.md): Isak arrives in the wilderness, builds a turf hut, acquires goats, and begins clearing land. Inger arrives at Sellanraa, they marry and have children. Inger kills her newborn child due to a harelip, is sentenced to priso
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/i.md): The novel opens with the solitary figure of Isak, a strong, coarse man, traveling north through the wilderness to find a place to settle. He discovers a fertile hillside and begins building a life from scratch: stripping
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/ii.md): Inger briefly leaves to visit her people, leaving Isak alone with a deep sense of loneliness. He works tirelessly, clearing timber and fishing, and discovers heavy stones with blue specks. Inger returns with a cow, surpr
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/iii.md): Isak works through the winter clearing land and cutting logs, which he trades for supplies, a horse, and a bull. Inger gives birth to a son, and Goldenhorns calves. Isak sows his first corn crop, marking a step toward se
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/iv.md): Isak and Inger continue to build their life at Sellanraa, expanding their family with the birth of a second son, Sivert, and improving their homestead with a new shed and furnishings like a clock and lamp. Despite a drou

> 29 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=growth_of_the_soil_se_933kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Geissler's Visit and Inger's Freedom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [Chapter XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [Chapter XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Book II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/book-ii.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII: The Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Barbro's Return to Maaneland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/growth_of_the_soil_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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