An edition of The Silmarillion (1977)

The Silmarillion

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An edition of The Silmarillion (1977)

The Silmarillion

1st Ballantine Books ed.

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Beginning with the Music of the Ainur, The Silmarillion tells a tale of the Elder Days, when Elves and Men became estranged by the Dark Lord Morgoth's lust for the Silmarils, pure and powerful magic jewels. Even the love between a human warrior and the daughter of the Elven king cannot defeat Morgoth, but the War of Wrath finally brings down the Dark Lord.

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Ballantine Books
Language
English
Pages
458

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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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2021, Boekerij
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精灵宝钻
2004, Yilin Press
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The Silmarillion
1999, Houghton Mifflin Company
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The Silmarillion
1999, HarperCollins
in English - New ed. / edited by Christopher Tolkien.
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The Silmarillion
1979, Ballantine Books
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The Silmarillion
1979-03, Ballantine Books
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The Silmarillion
1978, Book Club Associates
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The Silmarillion
1977, Houghton Mifflin Company
in English
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The Silmarillion
1977, Book Club Associates
in English

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Table of Contents

Ainulindale
Valaquenta
Quenta Silmarillion
Beginning of days
Aule and Yavanna
Coming of the elves and the captivity of Melkor
Thingol and Melian
Eldamar and the Princes of the Rldalie
Feanor and the unchaining of Melkor
Silmarils and the unrest of the Nnoldor
Darkening of Valinor
Flight of the Noldor
Sindar
Sun and moon and the hiding of Valinor
Men
Return of the Noldor
Beleriand and its realms
Noldor in Beleriand
Maeglin
Coming of men into the West
Ruin of Beleriand and the fall of Fingolfin
Beren and Luthien
Fifth battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad
Turin Turambar
Ruin of Doriath
Tuor and the fall of Gondolin
Voyage of earendil and the war of wrath
Akallabeth
Ofrings 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
Note on pronunciation
Index of names
Appendix elements in Quenya and Sindarin names.

Edition Notes

"Cover art by Darrell K. Sweet from the 1982 J.R.R. Tolkein calendar. Copyright 1981 by Random House, Inc."--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

"Ballantine/Fantasy/32581"--Cover.

Published in
New York
Copyright Date
1977

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
Fic
Library of Congress
PR6039.O32 S5 1982

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 458 p. :
Number of pages
458

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24369555M
ISBN 10
0345272552
ISBN 13
9780345272553
LCCN
77008025
OCLC/WorldCat
33075234

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL27495W

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Work Description

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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