# Thatcher Holm — Pelle the Conqueror character guide

> Thatcher Holm in Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Andersen Nexø.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old thatcher Holm, Holm

**First appearance:** 0019-xvii

## Who they are

A thatcher who works on roofs and tells stories.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/v)

Referenced as having once drawn a soul like a thread from a thief's thumb.

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

Holm accompanies Pelle to the harbor, commenting on the steamer and recognizing Per Anker's son. He is talkative but cautious around the machinery.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/v)

Old Thatcher Holm is remembered in a story Pelle tells Marie about their first meeting at the harbor.

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