Tolkien (Author) 994 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 24.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 37.49 21 Used from 36.00 36 New from 28.74 2 Collectible from 85. Tolkien (Tolkien Illustrated Editions) Hardcover Illustrated, Novemby J. While some people called it a work of art in the world of imagination, the others were of the view that it was a bore and should not have been written ever. The Silmarillion Illustrated Edition: Illustrated by J.R.R. After his death, his son carried on the work and filled in all the missing parts so that the book could be published. The book is centered around a lot of myths that Tolkien started writing about during his life. The last part talks about the events that eventually led to the incident of The Lord of The Rings and how it all began. The next part talks about the Second Age which began after the downfall of the people of the previous age. It also narrated the whole incident of the war that took place over Silmarils. It contains information about the times that took place before the First Age and the events that took place during it. The third part is the bulkiest one as it is the most detailed one.

The next part talks about the superpowers that exist in the world. The Silmarillion is a published collection of J.R.R. The first part of the book talks about the creation of the world of Ea. This pivotal work features the revised, corrected text and includes, by way of an introduction, a fascinating letter written by Tolkien in 1951 in which he gives a full explanation of how he conceived the early Ages of Middle-earth.The book consists of five parts which Tolkien wanted to publish together even though they are separate parts. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. Included in the book are several shorter works. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. Tolkien’s imaginative writing, a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth, through the Second Age and the rise of Sauron, to the end of the War of the Ring. It 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 Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's world. The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron.

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