The Silmarillion

The Silmarillion

BookThe Silmarillion
EditorChristopher Tolkien
PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
Typeset byRowland Phototypesetting Ltd
Printed and Bound byClays Ltd
Foreword byChristopher Tolkien
Preface byChristopher Tolkien
Cover Art byJ.R.R. Tolkien
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationGreat Britain
First Published In Paperback1979
This Edition Published1999
Copyright1977
Pages / Font443 pages / Plantin Light
ISBN 100-261-10273-7
Barcode9 780261 102736
EAN 500699
ChaptersForeword v Preface to the Second Edition viii From a Letter by J.R.R. Tolkien x AINULINDALË 1 VALAQUENTA 13 Quenta Silmarillion 1 Of the Beginning of Days 27 2 Of Aulë and Yavanna 37 3 Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor 37 4 Of Thingol and Melian 54 5 Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië 56 6 Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor 63 7 Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor 68 8 Of the Darkening of Valinor 76 9 Of the Flight of the Noldor 82 10 Of the Sindar 99 11 Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor 108 12 Of Men 115 13 Of the Return of the Noldor 119 14 Of Beleriand and its Realms 134 15 Of the Noldor in Beleriand 143 16 Of Maeglin 151 17 Of the Coming of Men into the West 162 18 Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Finfolfin 174 19 Of Beren and Lúthien 189 20 Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad 222 21 Of Túrin Turambar 235 22 Of the Ruin of Doriath 272 23 Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin 285 24 Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath 295 AKALLABÊTH 307 OF THE RINGS OF POWER AND THE THIRD AGE 339 [Tables] Genealogies: I The House of Finwë II The Descendants of Olwë and Elwë III The House of Bëor IV and V The House of Hador and The People of Haleth The Sundering of the Elves Note on Pronunciation 373 Index of Names 375 Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin names 430
NotesThis paperback edition 1999 44 First published in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin 1977 First paperback edition 1979 Copyright © George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd 1977 Set in Plantin Light by Rowland Phototypesetting Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc
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