Pelle The Conqueror, Volume 2

Pelle the Conqueror, Volume 2

by Martin Andersen Nexo

Pelle the Conqueror, Volume 2 follows Pelle's journey as an eighteen-year-old immigrant in Denmark. Having left Bornholm, he finds himself in Copenhagen, facing the harsh realities of industrial life. He embarks on an apprenticeship as a shoemaker, experiencing the exploitative conditions and the struggle for survival that defines the working class. The novel explores themes of poverty, social injustice, and the burgeoning labor movement as Pelle navigates the complexities of urban life and finds himself drawn to the ideals of socialism.

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Martin Andersen Nexø was a Danish author. He was one of the authors in the Modern Breakthrough movement in Danish art and literature. He was a socialist throughout his life and during the secon...

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