# Master Andres — Pelle the Conqueror character guide

> Master Andres in Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Andersen Nexø.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Andres

**First appearance:** 0006-iv

## Snapshot

A stonecutter whose workshop becomes Pelle's school in craft and manhood, even as the trade itself slips through the master's failing hands.

## Who they are

Master Andres runs a workshop where Pelle learns to cut stone, chase customers, and hold a business together while the master's attention drifts toward the harbor and its endless news. The trade is declining, and the apprentice ends up doing the delicate work while the master dreams of the sea. What Pelle takes from him is not just skill but the harder lesson of watching a man lose his grip on the thing he once loved.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/iii)

Master Andres comments on the widow's funeral expenses and argues with Baker Jörgen.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/iv)

Master Andres is the shoemaker who employs Pelle. He is cheerful, disorganized, and relies on credit and borrowing, often sending Pelle on urgent errands.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/vii)

Confronts Pelle about the missing money but shows kindness by bringing him food and arranging for his washing.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/viii)

The young master is dying of consumption; he refuses Pelle's repayment but later asks for a loan of ten kroner, showing kindness and understanding.

### [The Lamp and the Journeyman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/x)

Young master who struggles with poor light, then revels in the new lamp; becomes the lively center of evening gatherings.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xi)

Indulges in theater tickets, shows a despondent and uncertain attitude, and participates in discussions about socialism.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xii)

Master Andres welcomes Garibaldi, seeks his advice on Parisian fashions, and is impressed by his skill.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xiii)

Mentioned as an employer; Pelle sends him Peter's respects.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xiv)

The young master shoemaker, treated with limitless devotion by Pelle, who protects him from customers' anger.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xviii)

The young master is ill and increasingly dependent on alcohol to feed his tubercles. He struggles to keep the business going and often leaves Pelle to handle difficult customers.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xix)

Master Andres speaks disdainfully of the troops and eagerly watches for the new journeyman.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xxi)

Bedridden and declining, he remains optimistic and talkative, refusing to admit his condition, and insists on seeing the snow tunnel.

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