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Moominpappa at Sea Author(s) Tove Jansson Original title Pappan och havet Country Finland Language Swedish Series Moomins Genre(s) Children's novel Publication date 1965 Preceded by Tales from Moominvalley Followed by Moominvalley in November Moominpappa at Sea (Swedish: Pappan och havet, literally "The father and the sea") is the seventh book in the Moomin books by Finnish author Tove Jansson. It is based primarily around the character of Moominpappa. It was first published in 1965. Moominpappa at Sea forms the basis of episodes 25 and 26 in the 1990 TV series .
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Plot
Moominpappa is dissatisfied with his life in Moomin Valley, so he organises the family to set off on a journey to find a lighthouse in the sea. This will also be the perfect backdrop for a novel about the sea. Once arriving there, they find it a desolate and lonely place, inhabited only by a very unfriendly fisherman. Moomintroll is also certain that he has seen a ghost lurking about the place. Moominmamma misses home very much.
Nature and the sea plays a big part of the novel as Moominpappa tries to understand it and there are many strange things happening on the island that seem to be inexplicable.
Location
The map at the front of Moominpappa at Sea locates the island in The Gulf of Finland. It even gives a location: Latitude 60° 7' 12" North, Longitude 25° 45' 50" East. (Not far from Helsinki, about 26 miles east of Helsinki, and 7 miles south of the coast of Finland; though no island exists there in real life.)
See also
External links
The Moomin Series Books The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945) · Comet in Moominland (1946) · Finn Family Moomintroll (1948) · The Exploits of Moominpappa (1950) · Moominsummer Madness (1954) · Moominland Midwinter (1957) · Tales from Moominvalley (1962) · Moominpappa at Sea (1965) · Moominvalley in November (1970)Picture books, comics
and other booksThe Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My (1952) · Who Will Comfort Toffle? (1960) · The Dangerous Journey (1977) · Skurken i muminhuset (1980) · Songs from Moominvalley (1993) · Moomin comic strips (1954–75) · Moomins Cookbook (2010)Characters Moomintroll · Moominmamma · Moominpappa · Sniff · Snufkin · Little My · Hemulen · The Groke · Hattifatteners · The Snork Maiden · The MymblesLocations FictionalRealTelevision Die Muminfamilie/Sturm im Mumintal (1959–60) · Moomin (1969–70) · Mumintrollet (1969) · New Moomin (1972) · Mumindalen (1973) · The Moomins (1977–82, HD 2010) · Moomin (1990–91) · Delightful Moomin Family: Adventure Diary (1991–92)Film Moomin (1971) · Moomin (1972) · Mumi-troll (1978) · Who Will Comfort Toffle? (1980) · Shlyapa Volshebnika (1980–83) · Comet in Moominland (1992) · Moomin, Mymble and Little My (1993) · Moomin and Midsummer Madness (2008) · Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010)Jansson relations
and friendsViktor Jansson · Signe Hammarsten-Jansson · Tuulikki Pietilä · Per Olov Jansson · Sophia Jansson · Atos WirtanenNon-Moomin books
by Tove JanssonSculptor's Daughter (1968) · A Winter Book (1968–96) · The Summer Book (1972) · Fair Play (1989) · Sun City (1989) · The True Deceiver (2009) · Travelling Light (2010)Categories:- 1965 books
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