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Translator Gustaf Lannestock Language Swedish Publication date 1959 Genre Historical Fiction | 4.2/5 Goodreads Country Sweden Series The Emigrants Originally published 1959 Preceded by The Settlers Adaptations The New Land (1972) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original title 'Sista brevet till Sverige' Publisher Bonnier AB (Swedish edition) Similar Works by Vilhelm Moberg, The Emigrants books, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Last Letter Home (Swedish: Sista brevet till Sverige) is a novel by Vilhelm Moberg from 1959. It is the fourth and final part of the The Emigrants series, the shortest book of the four, with a faster pace.
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Plot
This novel tells about Karl-Oskar and Kristina in their late life and eventual death. The novel has a slightly more reflective perspective than the other three, and it follows events such as The American Civil War and the Sioux Outbreak of 1862 through the perspective of the settlers.
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The Last Letter Home Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA