The Silmarillion

By
J.R.R. Tolkien
Del Rey
 The must-have companion to the epic masterpiece The Lord of
the Rings

The Silmarillion is Tolkien’s first book and his last. Long preceding
in its origins The Lord of the Rings, it is the story of the First Age of
Tolkien’s world, the ancient drama to which characters in The Lord
of the Rings look back, and in which some of them, such as Elrond
and Galadriel, took part. The Silmarillion was begun in 1917, and
Tolkien worked on it, changed it, and enlarged it throughout his life.
Edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, the book finally appeared
four years after the author’s death.

Praise for The Silmarillion

“Essential reading for Tolkien lovers and an important

book.”—Baltimore Sun

“A creation of singular beauty . . . magnificent in its best

moments.”—The Washington Post

“The tale of Middle-earth before and during the coming of the

humans . . . richly filled with magic, heroic deed, and wonderful
resonant names . . . a fantastic book in every sense of the
word.”—The Seattle Times

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