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An edition of The Silmarillion (1977)

The Silmarillion

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  • ★★★ ★ 4.0 (109 ratings)
  • 733 Want to read
  • 48 Currently reading
  • 166 Have read

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.

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Publisher
Guild Publishing
Language
English

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Previews available in: Spanish Dutch Chinese Russian English

Subjects

Fantasy fiction, Short stories, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Elves, Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, epic, Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, English Fantasy fiction, English literature, Engelse fiksie, fantasy, Bilbo Baggins (Fictitious character), silmaril, Fiction, fairy tales, folk tales, legends & mythology, Fiction, fantasy, dragons & mythical creatures, Fiction, fantasy, action & adventure, English fiction

People

Maglor, Maedhros, Fëanor, Eru, Morgoth, Fingolfin, Lúthien, Eärendil, Túrin

Places

Middle Earth, Valinor, Númenor, Fictional pre-historical world, Middle Earth (Imaginary place)

Times

The First Age, Fictional pre-history, First Age

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Cover of: El Silmarillion
El Silmarillion
2022, Minotauro
mass market paperback in Spanish
Cover of: De Silmarillion
De Silmarillion
2021, Boekerij
in Dutch - Vijftiende druk.
Cover of: 精灵宝钻
精灵宝钻
2004, Yilin Press
in Chinese
Cover of: Сильмариллион
Сильмариллион
2003, AST - Terra Fantastica
Hardcover in Russian
Cover of: The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion
1999, HarperCollins
in English - New ed. / edited by Christopher Tolkien.
Cover of: The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion
1999, Houghton Mifflin Company
in English
Cover of: The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion
1981, Guild Publishing
in English
Cover of: The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion
1979, Ballantine Books
in English
Cover of: The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion
1978, Book Club Associates
in English
Cover of: The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion
1977, Book Club Associates
in English
Cover of: The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion
1977, Houghton Mifflin Company
in English

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Edition Notes

Originally published London : Allen and Unwin, 1985.

Includes Index.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.9/1F

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL19687788M

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL27495W

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