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Moominpappa at Sea

Name: Moominpappa at Sea
Author: Tove Jansson

Tove JanssonOriginal title Pappan och havet (Swedish, 1965)

Moominpappa at 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. The original title is a loose reference to Hemingway novel The Old Man and the Sea, though this is not reflected in the translation.

“It’s strange,” Moominmamma thought. “Strange that people can be sad, and even angry because life is too easy. But that’s the way it is, I suppose. The only thing to do is to start life afresh.”

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“Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world.”

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“Everything's much too big here,' thought Moominmamma. 'Or perhaps I'm too small.”

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