The Silmarillion

“Majestic! . . . Readers of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings will find in The Silmarillion a cosmology to call their own, medieval romances, fierce fairy tales, and fiercer wars that ring with heraldic fury . . . It overwhelms the reader.” — Time

The story of the creation of the world and of the First Age, this 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 three Silmarils were jewels created by Fëanor, most gifted of the Elves. Within them was imprisoned the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the Trees themselves were destroyed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Thereafter, the unsullied Light of Valinor lived on only in the Silmarils, but they were seized by Morgoth and set in his crown, which was guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Fëanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all their heroism, against the great Enemy.

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• Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth
• The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
• The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings
• The Hobbit
• The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings
• The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition
• The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: Deluxe Pocket Boxed Set
• The Tale of the Children of Húrin: Narn i Chin Húrin
• The Great Tales of Middle-earth: Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, and The Fall of Gondolin
• Beren and Lúthien