The Last Letter Home
 First english edition | |
| Author | Vilhelm Moberg |
|---|---|
| Original title | 'Sista brevet till Sverige' |
| Translator | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Series | The Emigrants |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Bonniers (Swedish edition) |
Publication date | 1959 |
Published in English | 1961 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 311 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 by | None |
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 Emigrants series, the shortest book of the four, with a faster pace.
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.
Film, television or theatrical adaptions[]
- The New Land, a 1972 sequel to the first film, based on the last two novels.
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- 1959 Swedish novels
- Novels by Vilhelm Moberg
- Historical novels
- Novels set in the 1860s
- Novels set during the American Civil War
- Swedish-language novels
- Novels about immigration to the United States
- Works about Swedish-American culture
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