The Last Letter Home Explained

The Last Letter Home
Title Orig:Sista brevet till Sverige
Translator:Gustaf Lannestock
Author:Vilhelm Moberg
Country:Sweden
Language:Swedish
Series:The Emigrants
Genre:Historical novel
Publisher:Bonniers (Swedish edition)
Pub Date:1959
English Pub Date:1961
Media Type:Print
Pages:311 pp (Swedish edition)
Isbn:0-87351-322-3
Dewey:839.73/72 20
Congress:PT9875.M5 S513 1995
Oclc:32346926
Preceded By:The Settlers
Followed By:None

The Last Letter Home (Swedish: Sista brevet till Sverige) is a 1959 historical novel by Swedish writer Vilhelm Moberg. It is the fourth and final novel of his The Emigrants series. It is the shortest book of the four and has a faster pace.

Plot

This novel tells about Karl-Oskar and Kristina Nilson in their later lives, through their deaths. The novel has a slightly more reflective perspective than the other three. It is set against such events as The American Civil War and the Sioux Outbreak of 1862 through the perspective of the settlers.

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