Moominvalley in November
core novel 1970 The Moomins
Record
| Original title | Sent i november |
|---|---|
| First published | 1970 |
| Original language |  SV |
| First English translation | 1971 |
| Translator | Kingsley Hart |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.26 (11,902 ratings, collected 2026-10-06) |
| Page count | 176 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312625443 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Synopsis
Late in the year, when the rain has set in and the valley is sodden and dark, a handful of lonely people make their way to Moominhouse, each hoping for the Moomins' welcoming company: Snufkin, who cannot find his spring tune; the Fillyjonk, shaken by a near-fall from her roof; the Hemulen, who wants to be Moominpappa; the tiny creature Toft, who has made up his own Moominmamma; Grandpa-Grumble, who has forgotten his name; and the Mymble. But the Moomins are not there. They have gone away, and no one knows where or for how long, and the visitors must live together in the empty house, each coming to terms with the family's absence and with themselves. The last Moomin novel, written after the death of Jansson's mother, and, in the Times Literary Supplement's words, possibly the cleverest of the Moomin books.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Moomins
- Series: The Moomins core; position 9 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 9 of 9: previous Moominpappa at Sea (1965)
Sources
- Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moominvalley_in_November
- https://margins.app/-/l/e2c97f7ab997481dbcd3fb0076881acd
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