The Silmarillion
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Published
Boston Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Physical Desc
xxviii, 386 pages. : col. ill., map, geneal. tables ; 26 cm. +
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Published
Boston Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Format
Book
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.9, 21 Points
Level 7.9, 21 Points
Lexile measure
1150
Notes
General Note
Folded col. map inserted inside back cover.
General Note
Includes index.
General Note
Originally published: Great Britain : HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.
Description
The background to the entire Lord of the Rings epic, and the world of middle-earth. The Silmarillion is Tolkien's first book and his last, the core of his imaginative work that underlies all his writings about Middle-earth. Here are the legends of the Elder Days, the central stories that give meaning to the events of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Tolkien began The Silmarillion in 1917 and worked on it, changed it, and continued it throughout his life. Edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, the book finally appeared four years after the author's death, in 1977. The three Silmarils were jewels created by Feonor, the most gifted of the Elves, and within them gleamed the light of the Two Trees of Valinor. But they were stolen by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, setting off the major war of the First Age. The Silmarillion includes several other works besides the main story: Ainulindale, the myth of Creation; Valaquenta, on the nature and power of the gods; Allakabeth, recounting the downfall of Numenor; and "Of the Rings of Power and the third Age," the link to The Lord of the Rings. As Christopher Tolkien describes it: "The entire history is set forth from the Music of the Ainur in which the world began to the passing of the ringbearers from the Havens of Mithlond at the end of the Third Age."
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tolkien, J. R. R. (. R. R., & J.R.R. TOLKIEN ; EDITED BY CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN. (2004). The Silmarillion . Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 and J.R.R. TOLKIEN ; EDITED BY CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN. 2004. The Silmarillion. Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 and J.R.R. TOLKIEN ; EDITED BY CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN. The Silmarillion Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), and J.R.R. TOLKIEN ; EDITED BY CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN. The Silmarillion Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
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