The Silmarillion
A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit. Tolkien considered The Silmarillion his most important work, and, though it was publ...
| Main Author: | Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973, |
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| Other Authors: | Tolkien, Christopher, |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Boston :
Houghton Mifflin,
2001.
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| Physical Description: |
xxiv, 365 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm. |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface to the second edition
- Ainulindale
- Valaquenta
- Quenta Silmarillion : Of the beginning of days ; Of Aule and Yavanna ; Of the coming of the elves and the captivity of Melkor ; Of Thingol and Melian ; Of Eldamar and the princes of the Eldalie ; Of Feanor and the unchaining of Melkor ; Of the Silmarils and the unrest of the Noldor ; Of the darkening of Valinor ; Of the flight of the Noldor ; Of the Sindar ; Of the Sun and Moon and the hiding of Valinor ; Of men ; Of the return of the Noldor ; Of Beleriand and its realms ; Of the Noldor in Beleriand ; Of Maeglin ; Of the coming of men into the west ; Of the ruin of Beleriand and the fall of Fingolfin ; Of Beren and Luthien ; Of the fifth battle : Nirnaeth Arnoediad ; Of Turin Turambar ; Of the ruin of Doriath ; Of Tuor and the fall of Gondolin ; Of the voyage of Earendil and the war of wrath
- Akallabeth
- Of the rings of power and the third age
- Tables
- Genealogies : House of Finwe ; Descendants of Olwe and Elwe ; House of Beor ; House of Hador and the people of Haleth
- Sundering of the elves.