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Elin Hilderbrand

Swan Song

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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Essay Topics

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How does Ed Kapenash view what he sees as his “swan song”? What does this say about him?

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Discuss the recurring motif of writing and the larger themes it speaks to within the story. How does Hilderbrand depict women writers?

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How do the novel’s settings—the Field and Oar, Triple Eight, Hedonism and Decadence, Nantucket as a whole—play into its plot, themes, and ideas?

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