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Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL , England. First published as Det Osynliga 1962 This translation published in Great Britain by Ernest Benn and in the USA by Hery Ζ Walck 1963 Published in Puffin Books 1973. Tove Jansson. Tove Jansson was born in , Finland, which was then a part of the Grand Duchy of Finland. Her family, part of the Swedish-speaking (Swedish: finlandssvensk ) minority of Finland, was an artistic one: her father was a sculptor and her mother Signe Hammarsten- Jansson was a graphic designer and illustrator. Tove's siblings also became artists: Per Olov Jansson became a photographer and Lars Jansson an author and cartoonist. She studied at University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm in 1930–33, the Graphic School of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts]] in 1933–1937 and finally at L'École d'Adrien Holy and L'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1938. She displayed a number of artworks in exhibitions during the 30s and early 40s, and her first solo exhibition was held in 1943. Jansson wrote and illustrated her first Moomin book, The and the Great Flood , in 1945, during World War II. She said later that the war had depressed her and she had wanted to write something naïve and innocent. This first book was hardly noticed, but the next Moomin books, (1946) and Finn Family Moomintroll (1948), made her famous. She went on to write six more Moomin books, a number of picture books and comic strips. Her fame spread quickly and she became Finland's most widely read author abroad. In 1966 she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Jansson continued painting and writing for the rest of her life, although her contributions to the Moomin series became rare after 1970. Her first foray outside children's literature was Bildhuggarens dotter ( Sculptor's Daughter ), a semi-autobiographical book written in 1968. After that, she authored five more novels, including Sommarboken ( The Summer Book ) and five collections of short stories. Although she had a studio in Helsinki, she lived much of her life on a small island called Klovharu, one of the Pellinki Islands near the town of Porvoo. Jansson was a lesbian, or as she referred to it: “went over to the spook side” [1] - a coded expression for homosexuality used at the time when it was illegal. She lived with her female life-partner, the graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä. They lived together in two studios in Helsinki, which were connected by a corridor, and spent their summers on a small island named Klovharun in the Gulf of Finland. Tuulikki was the direct inspiration for the character Too-Ticky. The picture book Who Will Comfort Toffle? was dedicated to her. Author. Jansson is principally known as the author of the Moomin books – stories for children that involve Jansson's creations, the Moomins. They are a family of trolls who are white, round and furry in appearance, with large snouts that make them vaguely resemble hippopotamuses. The first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood , was written in 1945. Although the primary characters are Moominmamma and Moomintroll, most of the principal characters of later stories were only introduced in the next book, so The Moomins and the Great Flood is frequently considered a forerunner to the main series. The book was not a success (and was the last Moomin book to be translated into English), but the next two installments in the Moomin series, Comet in Moominland (1946) and Finn Family Moomintroll (1948), brought Jansson fame. The original title of Finn Family Moomintroll , Trollkarlens Hatt , translates as "The Magician's Hat". The style of the Moomin books changed as time went by. The first books, up to Moominland Midwinter (1957), are adventure stories that include floods, comets and supernatural events. The Moomins and the Great Flood deals with Moominmamma and Moomintroll's flight through a dark and scary forest, where they encounter various dangers. In Comet in Moominland , a comet nearly destroys the Moominvalley (some critics have considered this an allegory of nuclear weapons). Finn Family Moomintroll deals with adventures brought on by the discovery of a magician's hat. The Exploits of Moominpappa (1950) tells the story of Moominpappa's adventurous youth and cheerfully parodies the genre of memoirs. Finally, Moominsummer Madness (1955) pokes fun at the world of the theatre: the Moomins explore an empty theatre and perform Moominpappa's pompous hexametric melodrama. Moominland Midwinter marks a turning point in the series. The books take on more realistic settings ("realistic" in the context of the Moomin universe) and the characters start to acquire some psychological depth. Moominland Midwinter focuses on Moomintroll, who wakes up in the middle of the winter (Moomins sleep from November to April, as mentioned on the back of the book), and has to cope with the strange and unfriendly world he finds. The short story collection Tales from Moominvalley (1962) and the novels Moominpappa at Sea (1965) and Moominvalley in November (1970) are serious and psychologically searching books, far removed from the light-heartedness and cheerful humor of Finn Family Moomintroll . After Moominvalley in November Tove Jansson stopped writing about Moomins and started writing for adults. The Summer Book is the best known of her adult fiction translated into English. It is a work of charm, subtlety and simplicity, describing the summer stay on an island of a young girl and her grandmother. Besides the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and highly popular picture books: The Book about Moomin, Mymble and (1952), Who will Comfort Toffle? (1960), (1977) and An Unwanted Guest (1980). As the Moomins' fame grew, two of the original novels, Comet in Moominland and The Exploits of Moominpappa , were revised by Jansson and republished. Painter and illustrator. Although she became known first and foremost as an author, Tove Jansson considered her careers as author and painter to be of equal importance. She painted her whole life, changing style from the classical impressionism of her youth to the highly abstract modernist style of her later years. Jansson displayed a number of artworks in exhibitions during the 1930s and early 1940s, and her first solo exhibition was held in 1943. Despite generally positive reviews, criticism induced Jansson to refine her style such that in her 1955 solo exhibition her style had become less overloaded in terms of detail and content. Between 1960 and 1970 Jansson held five more solo exhibitions. Jansson also created a series of commissioned murals and public works throughout her career, which may still be viewed in their original locations. These works of Jansson's included: The canteen at the Strömberg factory at Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki (1945) The Aurora Children's Hospital in Helsinki The Kaupunginkellari restaurant of Helsinki Town Hall The Seurahuone hotel at Hamina The Wise and Foolish Virgins altarpiece in Teuva Church (1954) A number of fairy-tale murals in schools and kindergartens including the kindergarten in Pori (1984) In addition to providing the illustrations for her own Moomin books, Jansson also illustrated Swedish translations of classics such as J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (some used later in Finnish translations as well). She also illustrated her late work, The Summer Book (1972). Comic strip artist. Tove Jansson worked as illustrator and cartoonist for the Swedish-language satirical magazine Garm from the 1930s to 1953. One of her political cartoons achieved a brief international fame: she drew Adolf Hitler as a crying baby in diapers, surrounded by Neville Chamberlain and other great European leaders, who tried to calm the baby down by giving it slices of cake – Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, etc. Jansson also produced illustrations during this period for the Christmas magazines Julen and Lucifer (just as her mother had earlier) as well as several smaller productions. Her earliest comic strips were produced for productions including Lunkentus ( Prickinas och Fabians äventyr , 1929), Vårbrodd ( Fotbollen som Flög till Himlen , 1930), and Allas Krönika ( Palle och Göran gå till sjöss , 1933). The figure of the Moomintroll appeared first in Jansson's political cartoons, where it was used as a signature character near the artist's name. This "Proto-Moomin," then called Snork or Niisku, was thin and ugly, with a long, narrow nose and devilish tail. Jansson said that she had designed the Moomins in her youth: after she lost a philosophical quarrel about Immanuel Kant with one of her brothers, she drew "the ugliest creature imaginable" on the wall of their WC and wrote under it "Kant". This Moomin later gained weight and a more pleasant appearance, but in the first Moomin book The Moomins and the Great Flood (originally Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen ), the Immanuel-Kant-Moomin is still perceptible. The name "Moomin" comes from Tove Jansson's uncle, Einar Hammarsten: when she was studying in Stockholm and living with her Swedish relations, her uncle tried to stop her pilfering food by telling her that a "Moomintroll" lived in the kitchen closet and breathed cold air down people's necks. In 1952, after Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll had been translated into English, a British publisher asked if Tove Jansson would be interested in drawing comic strips about the Moomins. Jansson had already drawn a long Moomin comic adventure, Mumintrollet och jordens undergång ("Moomintrolls and the End of the World"), based loosely on Comet in Moominland , for the Swedish-language newspaper Ny Tid , and she accepted the offer. The comic strip Moomintroll , started in 1954 in the Evening News , a newspaper for the London area and London commuters (no longer in business). Tove Jansson drew 21 long Moomin stories from 1954 to 1959, writing them at first by herself and then with her brother Lars Jansson. She eventually gave the strip up because the daily work of a comic artist did not leave her time to write books and paint, but Lars took over the strip and continued it until 1975. The series was published in book form in Swedish, and books 1 to 6 have been published in English, Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip . Theater. Several stage productions have been made from Jansson's Moomin series, including a number that Jansson herself was involved in. The earliest production was a 1949 theatrical version of Comet in Moominland performed at Åbo Svenska Teater. In the early 1950s, Jansson collaborated on Moomin-themed children's plays with Vivica Bandler. In 1952, Jansson designed stage settings and dresses for Pessi and Illusia , a ballet by Ahti Sonninen ( Radio tekee murron ) which was performed at the Finnish National Opera. By 1958, Jansson began to become directly involved in theater as Lilla Teater produced Troll i kulisserna (Troll in the wings), a play with lyrics by Jansson and music composed by Erna Tauro. The production was a success, and later performances were held in Sweden and Norway. In 1974 the first Moomin opera was produced, with music composed by Ilkka Kuusisto. Jansson's cultural legacy. In 1966 Tove Jansson won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her contributions to children's literature. Jansson's Moomin books, originally written in Swedish, have been translated into 33 languages. After the Kalevala and books by Mika Waltari, they are the most widely translated works of Finnish literature. The in Tampere displays much of Jansson's work on the Moomins. There is also a Moomin theme park named in Naantali. Tove Jansson was selected as the main motif in a recent Finnish commemorative coin, the €10 Tove Jansson and Finnish Children's Culture commemorative coin, minted in 2004. The obverse depicts a combination of Tove Jansson portrait with several objects: the skyline, an artist's palette, a crescent and a sailing boat. The reverse design features three Moomin characters. Tales from Moominvalley. If you found a tiny golden dragon with green paws, would you know what to do with it? Well, Moomintroll thinks he knows what to do. But when he takes his new-found pet home, things don't quite work out as planned! Author : Tove Jansson. Publisher: Penguin UK. ISBN: 0141911468. Category: Juvenile Fiction. Tales from Mooimvalley. Author : Tove Jansson. ISBN: 9780380317738. Tales from Moominvalley Written and Illustrated by Tove Jansson Translated by Thomas Warburton. Author : Tove Jansson. Tales from Moomin Valley. Author : Tove JANSSON. Who Will Comfort Toffle. Joining Drawn & Quarterly's archival series of Moomin The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Moomin, Mymble & Little My, and the Moomintroll chapter books is the glorious reprinting of the Tove Jansson classic children's book Who Will . Author : Tove Jansson. Publisher: Enfant. ISBN: 9781770460171. Category: Juvenile Fiction. Moomin The Deluxe Anniversary Edition. Moomin Deluxe: Volume One celebrates the classic comics the world adores, and will feature an essay about Tove's work on the Moomin strip. Author : Tove Jansson. Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly. ISBN: 9781770461710. Category: Juvenile Fiction. Moomin Series. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Author : Source Wikipedia. Publisher: University-Press.org. ISBN: 9781230578774. Moomin Deluxe Volume Two. Fillyjonk, and many more familiar faces. Collected in this volume are the comics created by Lars Jansson, when his sister, Tove, grew tired of drawing a daily strip after half a decade. Author : Lars Jansson. Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly. ISBN: 9781770463783. Category: Juvenile Fiction. Children s Book Review Index Title index. Publisher: Gale Group. Category: Literary Criticism. The Invisible Guest in Moominvalley. A warm and beautifully illustrated picture book to treasure, The Invisible Guest in Moominvalley introduces Moomin fans old and new to the classic tale in which the Moomins are visited by Too-ticky and her invisible companion. Author : Tove Jansson. Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books. ISBN: 9781529010275. Webs and Wardrobes. 2 World view really becomes the significant dimension in discussing Jansson ' s originality , for in later works such as Tales from Moominvalley , Moominland Midwinter , Moominpappa at Sea and Moominvalley in November she seems to be . Autumn is not a bad time at all – November through Tove Jansson’s eyes. "The quiet transition from autumn to winter is not a bad time at all", writes Tove Jansson in Moominvalley in November. And that's something that we perhaps need to be reminded of at this time, which is the darkest of the year, at least in the Northern hemisphere. To celebrate that we’ve made it through most of autumn on this last day of November, we’ll dive into some of Tove Jansson‘s enchanting autumn descriptions from the book Moominvalley in November. It will be wet and a bit melancholic, but we will also learn how to keep warm, and that darkness has its perks as well. Tove Jansson’s book Moominvalley in November shows the valley in a darker, foreign light. The Hemulen who comes there to visit notices that something feels different. “ When the Hemulen got to the valley it was filled with a fine, drizzling rain. He walked straight into the garden and stopped, with a puzzled look on his face. Something wasn’t right. Everything was the same but somehow not the same. A withered leaf floated down and landed on his nose. How silly, the Hemulen exclaimed. It’s not summer at all. It’s autumn! In some way or another he had always thought of Moominvalley in summer .” Moominvalley in November is a quiet and melancholic book. The central characters of Moominvalley, the Moomin family, are absent – a very bold choice for a writer who was at the height of her popularity in 1970, when the book was published. A whole world was craving for more Moomin, but this last Moomin novel became a Moomin book devoid of Moomins. Instead, Tove Jansson lets the values of the Moomin family be adapted by the creatures who are left in Moominvalley and are trying to live as the family used to. It is a beautiful goodbye, one which also inspires hope – as readers, we don’t know wether the family has left the valley for good or are going to return. As we learn in the story, Moomins know how to say a proper goodbye, or at least they used to know how to do it. “ went on with his search. He was hunting for Moomintroll’s good-bye letter, which had to be somewhere because a moomintroll never forgets to say good-bye. But all their hiding-places were empty. Moomintroll was the only one who knew how to write to a snufkin. Brief and to the point. Nothing about promises and longings and sad things. And a joke to finish up with .” For many, autumn is a rather tough time, and it’s spirit is a tough one to catch as well. “ There are millions of tunes that are easy to find and there will always be new ones. But Snufkin let them alone, they were summer songs which would do for just anybody. He crept into his tent and into his sleeping-bag and pulled it over his head. The faint whisper of rain and running water was still there and it had the same tender note of solitude and perfection. But what did the rain mean to him as long as he couldn’t write a song about it? .” Even though autumn in Moominvalley can be both dark and sinister, Tove Jansson also sees its great beauty. “ The forest was heavy with rain and the trees were absolutely motionless. Everything had withered and died, but right down on the ground the late autumn’s secret garden was growing with great vigour straight out of the mouldering earth, a strange vegetation of shiny puffed-up plants that had nothing at all to do with summer. The late blueberry sprigs were yellowish-green and the cranberries as dark as blood. Hidden lichens and mosses began to grow, and they grew like a big soft carpet until they took over the whole forest. There were strong new colours everywhere, and red rowan berries were shining all over the place. But the bracken had turned black. “ Perhaps autumn isn’t so bad, after all? “ The quiet transition from autumn to winter is not a bad time at all. It’s a time for protecting and securing things and for making sure you’ve got in as many supplies as you can. It’s nice to gather together everything you possess as close to you as possible, to store up your warmth and your thoughts and burrow yourself into a deep hole inside, a core of safety where you can defend what is important and precious and your very own. Then the cold and the storms and the darkness can do their worst. They can grope their way up the walls looking for a way in, but they won’t find one, everything is shut, and you sit inside, laughing in your warmth and your solitude, for you have had foresight. ” We’ll leave you with a little tip à la Snufkin for everyone who wants to avoid being cold and instead be able to laugh inside your warm cocoon on those dark autumn mornings, when it feels like the sun will never rise: “ Snufkin had determined that he would wake up early in order to have an hour or two to himself. His fire had burnt out long ago but he didn’t feel cold. He had that simple but rare ability to retain his own warmth, he gathered it all round him and lay very still and took care not to dream. The fog had brought complete silence with it, the valley was quite motionless. ” Moominvalley in November. Now that autumn is turning into winter, a group of unlikely friends—including the Fillyjonk, the Hemulen, and Toft—are waiting in Moominvalley to see the Moomins, for winter doesn't seem right without them. But the Moomins are not at home. So all the visitors settle down to await their return, and oddly enough find themselves warming up to their new life together. For Moominvalley is Moominvalley still, even without the Moomins in it. CONNECT WITH THE AUTHOR. OFFICIAL SITES. Related Links. SIGN UP FOR AUTHOR UPDATES. MACMILLAN NEWSLETTER. Sign up to receive information about new books, author events, and special offers. Book Excerpt Reviews About the Author From the Publisher. EXCERPT. Chapter 1 Snufkin Early one morning in Moominvalley Snufkin woke up in his tent with the feeling that autumn had come and that it was time to break camp. Breaking camp in this way comes with a hop, skip, and a jump! All of a sudden everything. Reviews. Praise for Moominvalley in November. “There is, in short, everything in the Moon books: giant comets and secret caves and tree houses and stilts and magic-carpet clouds and amusement parks run by despotic practical-joking kings and time machines and ski instructors.” — Harper's. “We need Moominland for its gentle pace, its sense of beauty and awe, and its spirit of friendliness and empathy—now more than ever.” — The Horn Book. “These charming fantasies are propelled by a childlike curiosity and filled with quiet wisdom, appealing geniality, and a satisfying sense of self- discovery.” — School Library Journal.com. “If you had no shame reading Harry Potter on the subway, there's no need to hide Tove Jansson's witty, whimsically illustrated Finnish series.” — Daily Candy. “The Moomin books make for both splendid bedtime read-alouds and solitary savoring.” — Wall Street Journal. “It's more than forty years since Jansson's Moomintrolls first appeared. I found the writing and invention as appealing as ever. She has a thistledown touch.” — The Washington Post Book World. “The adventures of the easygoing Moomintrolls have all the crispness and tart surprise of a lingonberry, thanks to Jansson's ineffably light touch, her uncanny sensitivity to universal childhood emotions, and her gift for terse, naturalistic dialogue.” — Entertainment Weekly. “A gentle, offbeat fantasy.” — The Horn Book. “A lost treasure now rediscovered . . . A surrealist masterpiece.” — Neil Gaiman. “Jansson was a genius of a very subtle kind. Th… More… “There is, in short, everything in the Moon books: giant comets and secret caves and tree houses and stilts and magic-carpet clouds and amusement parks run by despotic practical-joking kings and time machines and ski instructors.” — Harper's. “We need Moominland for its gentle pace, its sense of beauty and awe, and its spirit of friendliness and empathy—now more than ever.” — The Horn Book. “These charming fantasies are propelled by a childlike curiosity and filled with quiet wisdom, appealing geniality, and a satisfying sense of self- discovery.” — School Library Journal.com. “If you had no shame reading Harry Potter on the subway, there's no need to hide Tove Jansson's witty, whimsically illustrated Finnish series.” — Daily Candy. “The Moomin books make for both splendid bedtime read-alouds and solitary savoring.” — Wall Street Journal. “It's more than forty years since Jansson's Moomintrolls first appeared. I found the writing and invention as appealing as ever. She has a thistledown touch.” — The Washington Post Book World. “The adventures of the easygoing Moomintrolls have all the crispness and tart surprise of a lingonberry, thanks to Jansson's ineffably light touch, her uncanny sensitivity to universal childhood emotions, and her gift for terse, naturalistic dialogue.” — Entertainment Weekly. “A gentle, offbeat fantasy.” — The Horn Book. “A lost treasure now rediscovered . . . A surrealist masterpiece.” — Neil Gaiman. “Jansson was a genius of a very subtle kind. These simple stories resonate with profound and complex emotions that are like nothing else in literature for children or adults: intensely Nordic, and completely universal.” — Philip Pullman. “Tove Jansson is undoubtedly one of the greatest children's writers there has ever been. She has the extraordinary gift of writing books that are very clearly for children, but can also be enjoyed when the child, like me, is over sixty and can still find new pleasures with the insights that come from adulthood.” — Sir Terry Pratchett. “Clever, gentle, witty, and completely engrossing.” — Jeff Smith, author of Bone. “It's not just Tove Jansson's wonderfully strange fairytale world that so appeals but also her beautiful line work and exquisite sense of design.” — Lauren Child. “[Tove Jansson] is a master.” — The Times Literary Supplement (London) “The most original works for children to be published since the Pooh books, and possibly, since Alice.” — Saturday Review. “You will declare yourself a citizen of Moominvalley and call the stories your own--the Moomin world is that compelling.” — Riverbank Review. Reviews from Goodreads. About the author. Written and illustrated by Tove Jansson; Translated by Kingsley Hart. Tove Jansson (1914–2001) was born in Helsinki and spent much of her life in Finland. She is the author of the Moomin books, including Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll . Born into an artistic family—her father was a sculptor and her mother was a graphic designer and illustrator—Jansson studied at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, and L'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In addition to her Moomin books, she also wrote several novels, drew comic strips and worked as a painter and illustrator. In 1966, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her body of work. Jansson had a studio in Helsinki but spent most of her time at her home on a small island called Klovharu.