Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2005-03-01 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #7791 |
Description
"Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01" by Martin Andersen Nexø is a Danish novel published in 1906. This first volume follows eight-year-old Pelle Karlsson as he immigrates from Sweden to Denmark in 1877, beginning a journey that will eventually lead him to become a labor movement leader. Based on Nexø's own experiences, this Bildungsroman chronicles one boy's struggles against poverty and poor working conditions in late nineteenth-century Scandinavia, capturing widespread social and economic hardships of the era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)