Pelle the Conqueror — Complete by Martin Andersen Nexø
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"Pelle the Conqueror — Complete by Martin Andersen Nexø" is a Danish novel published in four volumes between 1906 and 1910. The story follows Pelle Karlsson, a young Swedish immigrant who arrives in Denmark at age eight in 1877. As he grows from boy to man, Pelle confronts harsh working conditions and eventually rises as a leader in Denmark's labor movement. This sweeping Bildungsroman, based partly on Nexø's own experiences, chronicles one
person's journey alongside broader social and economic struggles. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Andersen Nexø, Martin, 1869-1954 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Miall, Bernard, 1876-1953 |
| Translator | Muir, Jessie |
| Uniform Title | Pelle Erobreren. English |
| Title | Pelle the Conqueror — Complete |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelle_the_Conqueror_(novel) |
| Note | Translation of: Pelle Erobreren |
| Contents | Boyhood -- Apprenticeship -- The great struggle -- Daybreak. |
| Credits | Eric Eldred, Earle Beach, Jerry Fairbanks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Fathers and sons -- Fiction |
| Subject | Immigrants -- Denmark -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7795 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Jul 7, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 738 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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