# Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01

By Martin Andersen Nexø.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: Jessie Muir
- Subjects: Fathers and sons -- Fiction; Immigrants -- Denmark -- Fiction

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- [Pelle the Conqueror, Volume 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/5221) by Martin Andersen Nexø (11 h 31 min, English)

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