Letters From Tove

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Letters From Tove by Tove Jansson: 1. Across The Decades

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Letters From Tove by Tove Jansson

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The letters of Moomin creator Tove Jansson to her family, her confidantes and her lovers.

The revealing letters of Moomin creator Tove Jansson to her family, her confidantes and her lovers. Read by Sarah Lambie.

Out of the thousands of letters Moomin creator Tove Jansson wrote, a cache remains that she addressed to her family, her dearest confidantes, and her lovers, both male and female.

Into these, she spilled her innermost thoughts, defended her ideals and revealed her heart. 

To read these letters is both an act of startling intimacy and a rare privilege.

Penned with grace and humour, Letters from Tove offers an almost seamless commentary on Tove Jansson's life as it unfolds within Helsinki's bohemian circles and her island home. 

Spanning 50 years between her art studies and the height of Moomin fame, we hear the bleakness of war, the hopes for love that were dashed and renewed, and her determined attempts to establish herself as an artist.

Translated from the Swedish by Sarah Death.

Abridged in five parts by Polly Coles.

Read by Sarah Lambie

Producer: Clive Brill

A Brill production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2019.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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Letters from Tove offers an almost seamless commentary on Tove Jansson's life.

A commentary on Tove Jansson's life, spanning 50 years between her art studies and the height of Moomin fame. Translated from the Swedish by Sarah Death.

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