![]() ![]() It introduces the characters Moominmamma and Moomintroll, primarily, since Moominpappa is missing for much of the story. ![]() Nevertheless, it is a fascinating window into the world of the Moomins for fans of the books. The Moomins and the Great Flood is not as developed as the novels that were to follow. My edition reproduces Tove Jansson’s preface to that edition, in which she explains that she began the story at the beginning of the Second World War. ![]() The Moomins and the Great Flood, however, was mostly out of print until 1991 when it was reprinted in Scandinavia. I recently reread Moominpappa at Sea and acquired all eight books in the series in a beautiful hardcover collectors’ edition published by Sort of Books. It was to be followed by another eight novels and short story collections as well as three illustrated picture books. The Moomins and the Great Flood was the first Moomins book Tove Jansson published in 1945. ![]()
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