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The Silmarillion

Author: J R R Tolkien
Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 1979, ©1977.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : English : 1st Ballantine Books edView all editions and formats
Summary: 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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Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: J R R Tolkien
ISBN: 0345325818 9780345325815 0345272552 9780345272553
OCLC Number: 33075234
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.
Description: xiv, 458 p. : map ; 18 cm.
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.
Responsibility: J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien.

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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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