Comet in Moominland
core novel 1946 The Moomins
Record
| Original title | Kometjakten |
|---|---|
| First published | 1946 |
| Original language |  SV |
| First English translation | 1951 |
| Translator | Elizabeth Portch |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.25 (24,565 ratings, collected 2026-10-06) |
| Page count | 192 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312608880 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
When Moomintroll learns that a comet is going to pass by, he and his friend Sniff set out for the Observatory in the Lonely Mountains to ask the Professors what will happen. On the way they meet Snufkin, the wandering harmonica player who becomes Moomintroll's dearest friend, rescue the Snork Maiden from a poisonous bush and acquire her brother, the Snork, and the Hemulen who collects stamps; they have many adventures, but the greatest awaits them when they learn that the comet is headed straight for their home in Moominvalley. The journey back, as the sky turns red and the sea dries up, is a race against the comet itself, and the family's refuge is a cave on the shore. The first Moomin novel proper, in which most of the series' recurring characters make their entrance.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Moomins
- Series: The Moomins core; position 2 of 9 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tove Jansson
Notes
- From the series record (The Moomins): Tove Jansson's nine Moomin books (1945-1970), written in Swedish in Finland and illustrated by the author: the Moomin family of Moominvalley and their friends, from the comet, the Hobgoblin's hat and the flooded theatre of the early comedies to the winter, the sea and the empty house of the darker late novels.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Moomins: position 2 of 9: previous The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945) · next Finn Family Moomintroll (1948)
Sources
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_in_Moominland
- https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780312608880
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