Bibliograph

The book of lost tales, J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien

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The book of lost tales, J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The book of lost tales

Responsibility statement

J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien

Series statement

The History of Middle-earth, 1-2

Summary

The Book of Lost Tales was the first major work of imagination by J.R.R. Tolkien, begun in 1916-17 when he was twenty-five years old and left incomplete several years later. It stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor, for these tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion. The Book of Lost Tales is published in two volumes. The first contains the Tales of Valinor; and this second past includes Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by commentary, together with associated poems, and each volume contains extensive information on names and vocabulary of the earliest Elvish languages. Each tale is followed by a short essay by Christopher Tolkien, the author's son and literary executor

Target audience

adult

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