Project Gutenberg 2025-07-25 Public domain in the USA. 163 Andersen Nexø, Martin 1869 1954 Nexo, Martin Andersen Nexø, Martin Andersen Nekse, Martin Andersen Andersen, Martin Pelle Erobreren 1: Barndom $aCopenhagen :$bGyldendal, $c1906. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelle_the_Conqueror_(novel) https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelle_Erobreren_(roman) Jens Sadowski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive. "Pelle Erobreren 1: Barndom" by Martin Andersen Nexø is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the Swedish boy Pelle and his aging father Lasse as they land on Bornholm to find work, entering the harsh hierarchy of a great farm. Through sober, empathetic social realism, it traces Pelle’s childhood amid poverty, toil, and stubborn hope. Expect a coming‑of‑age framed by working‑class struggle and the pull of dignity. The opening of the novel first states the author’s intent: a four‑volume portrait of the proletarian’s battles, following Pelle from childhood through apprenticeship and awakening. The narrative then shifts to a foggy May Day harbor where locals await a steamer of Swedish laborers; after tense banter and mounting anxiety, the ship arrives. Among the migrants are Lasse Karlsson and his young son Pelle, recently bereaved and nearly broke; spurned by several farmers who won’t hire a pair, Lasse is taken as cowman at the powerful Stengaarden, the boy allowed to follow for food. At the farm, an oppressive atmosphere—its predatory history, superstition, a woman’s constant weeping, and the smooth yet elusive master Kongstrup set against his bitter wife—frames the newcomers’ first days. Brief, vivid scenes show animals, Sunday bustle, chores, and Pelle’s errands and fears, hinting at class tensions while marking the boy’s early stirrings of pride, curiosity, and resolve. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/pelleerobrerenro01ande/ 20210508235150andersenne 1906 da Reading ease score: 89.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. da Fathers and sons -- Fiction Immigrants -- Denmark -- Fiction PT Text Category: Novels Category: Classics of Literature 654546 2025-09-30T08:15:02.069269 text/html 629363 2025-07-25T09:57:35 text/html 502452 2025-09-30T08:15:10.387231 application/epub+zip 500910 2025-09-30T08:15:03.671218 application/epub+zip 392092 2025-09-30T08:15:02.864209 application/epub+zip 623003 2025-09-30T08:15:15.543170 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577289 2025-09-30T08:15:09.695252 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597126 2025-09-30T08:15:00.823243 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 577235 2025-07-25T09:57:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16576 2025-09-30T08:15:15.684209 application/rdf+xml 11153 2025-09-30T08:15:03.046237 image/jpeg 2351 2025-09-30T08:15:02.953226 image/jpeg 393256 2025-09-30T08:15:02.131243 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia