The Last Letter Home

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The Last Letter Home
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First english edition
Author Vilhelm Moberg
Original title'Sista brevet till Sverige'
Translator Gustaf Lannestock
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Series The Emigrants
Genre Historical novel
Publisher Bonniers (Swedish edition)
Publication date
1959
Published in English
1961
Media typePrint
Pages311 pp (Swedish edition)
ISBN 0-87351-322-3
OCLC 32346926
839.73/72 20
LC Class PT9875.M5 S513 1995
Preceded by The Settlers  
Followed byNone 

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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