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The Silmarillion / J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien.

by Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.

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HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013, c1977.

Middle Earth (Imaginary place) -- Fiction.

9780008433949 (2021 HarperCollins hc.)

9780007523221 (trade pbk.)

xxxii, 443 p. : maps ; 20 cm.

2021 edition is illustrated.

Includes index.

First published in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin in 1977.

The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Included in the book are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of N{250}menor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. This pivotal work features the revised, corrected text and includes, by way of an introduction, a fascinating letter written by Tolkien in 1951 in which he gives a full explanation of how he conceived the early Ages of Middle-earth.

Fantasy fiction.

Tolkien, Christopher.

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