![]() There, too, he was a shoemakerâs apprentice, like Pelle in the second part of the book, which resembles many great novels in being largely autobiographical. He was born in 1869 in one of the poorest quarters of Copenhagen, but spent his boyhood in his beloved island Bornholm, in the Baltic, in or near the town, Nexø, from which his final name is derived. ![]() And even now, after his great success with Pelle, very little is known about the writer. When the first part of Pelle Erobreren ( Pelle the Conqueror) appeared in 1906, its author, Martin Andersen Nexø, was practically unknown even in his native country, save to a few literary people who knew that he had written some volumes of stories and a book full of sunshiny reminiscences from Spain. You can download this and other ebooks carefully produced for true book lovers at. Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces ebook editions of public domain literature using modern typography, technology, and editorial standards, and distributes them free of cost. For full license information, see the Uncopyright at the end of this ebook. The creators of, and contributors to, this ebook dedicate their contributions to the worldwide public domain via the terms in the CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. They may still be copyrighted in other countries, so users located outside of the United States must check their local laws before using this ebook. The source text and artwork in this ebook are believed to be in the United States public domain that is, they are believed to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. This particular ebook is based on transcriptions from Project Gutenberg and on digital scans from the Internet Archive. This ebook is the product of many hours of hard work by volunteers for Standard Ebooks, and builds on the hard work of other literature lovers made possible by the public domain. Translated by Jessie Muir and Bernard Miall.
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