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Martin Andersen Nexø: Pelle Erobreren (Pelle the Conquerer) (manuscript). The preface is dated Espergærde 1906.
NkS 2855 2º

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Preface to the reader P. 1


Martin Andersen Nexø’s (1869-1954) novel Pelle Erobreren (Pelle the Conquerer) was published in three parts during the years 1906-1910. This is the author’s draft written out. The first part, Barndom (Childhood), was published in 1906. It tells of Pelle’s early life on the island of Bornholm, and many features are borrowed from the author’s own experiences as a shepherd boy and a shoemaker’s apprentice on Bornholm.
The manuscript was acquired by the Royal Library in 1990.

27.8 x 21.8 cm.


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