
- 304 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The Book of Lost Tales: Part One is the first of a two-volume set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.
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. Embedded in English legend, they are set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol (or Ælfwine) to Tol Eressea, the Lonely Isle, where elves dwelt; from him they learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse.
In these Tales are found the earliest accounts and original ideas of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs, and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of Nargothrond and Gondolin; of the geography and cosmology of Middle-earth.
Part One contains the tales of The Music of the Ainur, The Building of Valinor, The Chaining of Melko, The Coming of the Elves, and The Flight of the Noldoli, among others. Each tale is followed by a short essay by Christopher Tolkien, the author's son and literary executor.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- I The Cottage of Lost Play
- II The Music of The Ainur
- III The Coming of The Valar and the Building of Valinor
- IV The Chaining of Melko
- V The Coming of The Elves and the Making Of Kôr
- VI The Theft of Melko and the Darkening Of Valinor
- VII The Flight of The Noldoli
- VIII The Tale of The Sun and Moon
- IX The Hiding of Valinor
- X Gilfanon’s Tale: The Travail of The Noldoli and the Coming of Mankind
- Appendix
- Short Glossary of Obsolete, Archaic, and Rare Words
- Searchable Terms
- Other Books by Christopher Tolkien
- Copyright
- Read More from J.R.R. Tolkien