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The Long Winter

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1940

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Why did Wilder used third-person narration instead of first-person? What perspective does the narrative choice allow that first-person narration would not?

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In what ways can The Long Winter be analyzed from a postcolonial perspective?

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How is self-sacrifice related to maturation in The Long Winter?

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