The book of lost tales

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) 1892-1973 (Author). Tolkien, Christopher. (Added Author).

Summary: The Book of Lost Tales contains the first forms of the myths that came to be called The Silmarillion. These include early accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs, and Orcs; of the geography and cosmography of their invented world, J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Includes Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Also includes commentary and poems associated with each tale.

Item details

ISBN: 0395354390
ISBN: 9780395354391
ISBN: 0395366143
ISBN: 9780395366141
Physical Description: print
2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1984, ©1983-©1984.

Contents / Notes

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

v. 1. The cottage of lost play -- The music of the Ainur -- The coming of the Valar and the building of Valinor -- The chaining of Melko -- The coming of the elves and the making of Kôr -- The theft of Melko and the darkening of Valinor -- The flight of the Noldoli -- The tale of the sun and moon -- The hiding of Valinor -- Gilfanon's tale : the travail of the Noldoli and the coming of mankind -- v. 2. The tale of Tinúviel -- Turambar and the Foalókez -- The fall of Gondolin -- The Nauglafring -- The history of Eriol or Ælfwine and the end of the tales / Ælfwine of England.

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