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PublisherRandom House Worlds

ISBN-100345325818

ISBN-139780345325815

eBay Product ID (ePID)103874

Product Key Features

Book TitleSilmarillion : the Legendary Precursor to the Lord of the Rings

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFantasy / General, Literary, Fantasy / Historical, Fantasy / Epic

Publication Year1985

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorJ.R.R. Tolkien

Book SeriesPre-Lord of the Rings Ser.

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight8.2 Oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width4.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN77-008025

Reviews"Essential reading for Tolkien lovers and an important book." -- Baltimore Sun "A creation of singular beauty . . . magnificent in its best moments." -- The Washington Post "The tale of Middle-earth before and during the coming of the humans . . . richly filled with magic, heroic deed, and wonderful resonant names . . . a fantastic book in every sense of the word." -- The Seattle Times

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal823/.912

SynopsisThe legendary precursor to The Lord of the Rings "A creation of singular beauty . . . magnificent in its best moments."-- The Washington Post Set primarily in the First Age of Middle-earth, The Silmarillion contains the legend of the creation of the world and an account of the Elder Days. It is the ancient drama remembered by Elrond and Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings, and the harrowing origin of the adventure that ends ages later with Frodo and the One Ring. At the story's heart are the three Silmarils, jewels that held within them the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor, and Fëanor, the most gifted of elven artificers. When the Two Trees are destroyed, the Silmarils become coveted, setting into motion events that lead to the rebellion of Fëanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor, and their hopeless war against the greatest enemy Middle-earth has ever known: Morgoth., The must-have companion to the epic masterpiece The Lord of the Rings The Silmarillion is Tolkien's first book and his last. Long preceding in its origins The Lord of the Rings, it is the story of the First Age of Tolkien's world, the ancient drama to which characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in which some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. The Silmarillion was begun in 1917, and Tolkien worked on it, changed it, and enlarged it throughout his life. Edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, the book finally appeared four years after the author's death. Praise for The Silmarillion "Essential reading for Tolkien lovers and an important book." -- Baltimore Sun "A creation of singular beauty . . . magnificent in its best moments." -- The Washington Post "The tale of Middle-earth before and during the coming of the humans . . . richly filled with magic, heroic deed, and wonderful resonant names . . . a fantastic book in every sense of the word." -- The Seattle Times, The legendary precursor to The Lord of the Rings "A creation of singular beauty . . . magnificent in its best moments."-- The Washington Post Set primarily in the First Age of Middle-earth, The Silmarillion contains the legend of the creation of the world and an account of the Elder Days. It is the ancient drama remembered by Elrond and Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings, and the harrowing origin of the adventure that ends ages later with Frodo and the One Ring. At the story's heart are the three Silmarils, jewels that held within them the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor, and F anor, the most gifted of elven artificers. When the Two Trees are destroyed, the Silmarils become coveted, setting into motion events that lead to the rebellion of F anor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor, and their hopeless war against the greatest enemy Middle-earth has ever known: Morgoth.