Title:
The Silmarillion / J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien.
ISBN:
9780618135042
9780618126989
9780544338012
9780345325815
Personal Author:
Edition:
Second edition.
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 365 pages : map, genealogical table ; 21 cm
Contents:
Foreword -- Preface to the second edition -- Ainulindalë -- Valaquenta -- Quenta Silmarillion : Of the beginning of days ; Of Aulë and Yavanna ; Of the coming of the elves and the captivity of Melkor ; Of Thingol and Melian ; Of Eldamar and the princes of the Eldalië ; Of Feanor and the unchaining of Melkor ; Of the Silmarils and the unrest of the Noldor ; Of the darkening of Valinor ; Of the flight of the Noldor ; Of the Sindar ; Of the Sun and Moon and the hiding of Valinor ; Of men ; Of the return of the Noldor ; Of Beleriand and its realms ; Of the Noldor in Beleriand ; Of Maeglin ; Of the coming of men into the west ; Of the ruin of Beleriand and the fall of Fingolfin ; Of Beren and Lúthien ; Of the fifth battle : Nirnaeth Arnoediad ; Of Túrin Turambar ; Of the ruin of Doriath ; Of Tuor and the fall of Gondolin ; Of the voyage of Eärendil and the war of wrath -- Akallabêth -- Of the rings of power and the third age -- Tables -- Genealogies : The house of Finwë ; The descendants of Olwë and Elwë ; The house of Beor ; The house of Hador and the people of Haleth -- The sundering of the elves.
Summary:
The story of the creation of the world and of the First Age, this is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. The three Silmarils were jewels created by Feanor, most gifted of the Elves. Within them was imprisoned the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the Trees themselves were destroyed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Thereafter, the unsullied Light of Valinor lived on only in the Silmarils, but they were seized by Morgoth and set in his crown, which was guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all their heroism, against the great Enemy.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.9 21.0 18839.
Reading Counts RC High School 8.5 32 Quiz: 10421 Guided reading level: Z.
Added Author:
Audience:
1150L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocm46321019
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