Johannes V. Jensen: Kongens Fald (The Fall of the King) (draft).
The archives of Johannes V. Jensen III.1.15

Fol. 1r: The beginning of the novel	Fols. 1v-2r: P. 2 and a map of Copenhagen	The title page of the printed edition (57,-175 8º)	P. 1 of the printed edition: The beginning of the novel

Johannes V. Jensen’s (1873-1950) novel Kongens Fald (The Fall of the King) is about the peasant’s son Mikkel Thøgersen who ends up as a servant to the imprisoned King Christian II in the 1540’s. In this early draft – which also contains a sketch of Copenhagen anno 1520 – it is noticeable that the principal character Mikkel Thøgersen is called Jesper Petri. Kongens Fald was published for the first time as a trilogy in 1900-1901.

22 x 14.2 cm.

See the entire draft on the website of the Manuscript and Rare Books Department Johannes V. Jensen: Kongens Fald (only in Danish).

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