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The History of Middle-Earth

The History of Middle-Earth, Volume 1 (Volumes 1-5) (collective work) (edit title/settings)

The Book of Lost Tales 1 & 2 / The Lays of Beleriand / The Shaping of Middle-Earth / The Lost Road

by J. R. R. Tolkien (Author), Christopher Tolkien (Editor) (edit contributors)

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J.R.R. Tolkien is famous for his literary creation, exemplified in "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Silmarillion". He also produced a vast amount of further material that expands upon the mythology and numerous stories of Middle-Earth, and which gives added life to the... read more

Books in This Collection

  1. The Book of Lost Tales 1

    by J. R. R. Tolkien (Author), Christopher Tolkien (Editor)

    THE BOOK OF LOST TALES, I, stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Here is the whole, glorious history of Middle-earth that J.R.R. Tolkien brought to mythic and dramatic life with his classic fantasy novels...

  2. The Book of Lost Tales 2

    by J. R. R. Tolkien (Author), Christopher Tolkien (Editor)

    This second part of THE BOOK OF LOST TALES includes the tale of Beneren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, Necklace of the Dwarves, and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a short essay, together with the...

  3. The Lays of Beleriand

    by J. R. R. Tolkien (Author), Christopher Tolkien (Editor)

    "The power of Tolkien's central characters . . . shines through." Library Journal. A treasure trove of lore for old and new friends of Middle-earth. Enter now, reader, and learn of the hero of the Lay of Leithian. Hear as well of the early...

  4. The Shaping of Middle-Earth

    The Quenta, The Ambarkanta and The Annals

    by J. R. R. Tolkien (Author)

    THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH Poems and prose, maps and chronologies, detours and diversions along the road to Middle-earth . . . Christopher Tolkien has gathered archival materials that his late father, J. R. R. Tolkien, used to create the world...

  5. The Lost Road

    And Other Writings

    by J. R. R. Tolkien (Author)

    At the end of the 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien reluctantly set aside his now greatly elaborated work on the myths and heroic legends of Valinor and Middle-earth and began The Lord of the Rings. This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth, edited...

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  1. J. R. R. Tolkien (Author)
  2. Christopher Tolkien (Editor)

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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 2000
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Page Count: 1920

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