The Silmarillion | The Silmarillion

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Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
First Published: 1977
Type of Work: Fantasy
Time of Work: The mythical past
Setting: Valinor and Middle-earth, in the world of Arda
Principal Characters: Iluvatar (Eru), Manwe, Melkor (Morgoth), Sauron, Thingol, Grey-Cloak (Elwe), Feanor, Earendil the Mariner, Ar-Pharazon, Elrond Half-Elven, Gandalf the Grey (Mithrandir), Cirdan, Frodo Baggins
Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
Subjects: Mythology or myths, Supernatural, Other worlds, Religion, Eighteenth century, Good and evil, Rulers, Gods or goddesses, Mysteries, Science fiction, Trees, Russia or Russian people, Precious metals or stones, Gems, Talisman or magical object
Locales: Middle-earth (mythic), Arda (mythic), Valinor (mythic)

The Silmarillion is not a traditional, single-text novel, but a collection of five separately titled texts, the “Ainulindale,” “Valaquenta,” “Quenta Silmarillion,” “Akallabeth,” and “Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age.” These texts are the distillation of decades of imaginative work and mountains of notes accumulated by J. R. R. Tolkien in a fantasy which stretches from the birth of a universe through its mythical age and the departure from the created world of its visible supernatural and immortal denizens. The work which the reader sees is...

The Silmarillion | The Silmarillion

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