The Last Letter Home

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The Last Letter Home is a historical novel by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg that concludes his acclaimed Emigrant series, depicting the later lives and struggles of Swedish settlers in 19th-century America.

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The Last Letter Home canonical 1
The Last Letter Home (novel) 1

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instanceOf historical novel
literary work
novel
author Vilhelm Moberg NERFINISHED
concludes The Emigrants saga NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Sweden
depicts Swedish-American immigrant life
frontier hardships
religious and social conflicts
the American Civil War era
follows The Settlers NERFINISHED
genre historical fiction
immigrant literature
hasAudience adult readers
hasLiteraryCharacter Karl Oskar NERFINISHED
Kristina NERFINISHED
their descendants
hasTranslation English translation
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
literarySignificance conclusion of an acclaimed Emigrant series
mainSubject 19th-century Swedish settlers in America
Swedish emigration to the United States
narrativeFocus later lives of Swedish emigrants
narrativeForm prose
originalLanguage Swedish
partOfSeries The Emigrants series NERFINISHED
seriesOrdinal 4
settingPlace Minnesota NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
settingTime 19th century
theme adaptation to a new society
faith and doubt
family and generational change
identity
migration
workType fiction

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Vilhelm Moberg notableWork The Last Letter Home
Vilhelm Moberg hasPart The Last Letter Home
this entity surface form: The Last Letter Home (novel)