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  1. Re: re Differences between language versions
    Did she rewrite before publication? If she did then we would not know how brash he was in the first drafts of the book. Jac Hayden Waring...
    - Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:10:31 GMT
  2. Re: re Differences between language versions
    Yes I read this too, but I can't say I agree. I don't think he does come across as boastful. Also don't forget this is the first time the characters had met...
    - Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:20:30 GMT
  3. Re: re Differences between language versions
    In Comet when he first appears Snufkin is quite brash and boastful. I wouldn't have thought much of it either without reading the article, but I presume Tove...
    - Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:17:51 GMT
  4. Re: re Differences between language versions
    I must admit to not having read some of the books (in English) recently, but Snufkin wouldn't spring to mind as someone whose personality changed over the...
    - Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:54:03 GMT
  5. Re: re Differences between language versions
    Amazon is not the best place to buy the book. It's a collection of academic articles about themes and ideas in Tove's books, mostly the Moomins series. I...
    - Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:24:29 GMT
  6. Re: re Differences between language versions
    I think I'll pass at that price (?72) ! What is the book actually about ? There were no reviews on the Amazon site. ... ...
    - Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:32:26 GMT
  7. Re: re Differences between language versions
    You can get the book from Amazon ...
    - Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:49:00 GMT
  8. Re: re Differences between language versions
    Thanks for the explanation Hayden ... Rediscovered". I've never heard of this book ? how do I get hold of it ? ... and "Exploits". ... Rip-off Britain again...
    - Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:11:03 GMT
  9. re Differences between language versions
    This is explained to some extent in the book, "Tove Jansson Rediscovered". As Tove produced revised editions of "Comet", "Finn Family" and "Exploits". However...
    - Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:41:36 GMT
  10. Differences between the same book in different languages
    Hi Folks, The discussion about the "rarey hat" has brought to my mind the related subject of the difference between translations of the same book into...
    - Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:45:34 GMT
  11. Re: "Rarey" Hat - Did anyone else find this unusual???
    Yeah, I didn't mean that it wasn't a magical, creative, and interesting, word, just that I had always wondered what it was originally written as, in the sense...
    - Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:25:55 GMT
  12. Re: "Rarey" Hat - Did anyone else find this unusual???
    Hi all - I had the same response as Yarol and Peter when I was a kid - I thought it was a magical, Moomin way of saying something was rare. It's become a...
    - Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:24:49 GMT
  13. Re: a moomin shop
    Thank you. M. ... From: Hayden Waring <moomin_trolluk@...> Subject: [moominvalley] Re: a moomin shop To: moominvalley@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday,...
    - Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:50:15 GMT
  14. Re: "Rarey" Hat - Did anyone else find this unusual???
    My original mooninbook was an australian translation so I always assumed it was an australian/british way of saying "rare" or "unique."  It never bothered...
    - Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:52:46 GMT
  15. Re: "Rarey" Hat - Did anyone else find this unusual???
    Hi Moominers, My experience as a kid was the same as Yarol's.  I pretty much knew it wasn't a real word, but a kid's made-up word to describe something that...
    - Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:32:29 GMT