Bibliograph

The book of lost tales, part I, J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien

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The book of lost tales, part I, J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien

Language

eng

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The book of lost tales

Oclc number

25971675

Responsibility statement

J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien

Series statement

History of Middle-earth, 01

Sub title

part I

Summary

The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Embedded in English legend and English association, they were set in the narrative frame of a great westward voyage over the ocean by a mariner named Eriol (or AElfwine) to Tol Eressea, the Lonely Isle, where Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. In the Tales are found the earliest accounts and original ideas of Gods and Elves; Dwarves and Orcs; the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; Nargothrond and Gondolin; the geography and cosmology of the invented world

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