It takes the average reader 19 hours and 43 minutes to read Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Anderson Nexo
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A complete edition of a Danish classic literary masterpiece. Books I to IV: I. Boyhood; II. Apprenticeship; III. The Great Struggle; IV. Daybreak. A boat filled with emigrants from Sweden arrives at the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who have moved to Denmark to find work after the death of Pelle's mother. They find employment at a large farm, but find themselves treated as the lowest form of life. It is only as Pelle starts to speak Danish that he begins to gain in confidence, but is still discriminated against as a foreigner. But neither boy nor father is willing to give up their dream of finding a better life than that which they left in Sweden.
Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Anderson Nexo is 1,156 pages long, and a total of 295,936 words.
This makes it 390% the length of the average book. It also has 362% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 26 hours and 57 minutes to read Pelle the Conqueror aloud.
Pelle the Conqueror is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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