The tale of Beren and Luthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Returning from France and the battle of the Somme at the end of 1916, Tolkien wrote the tale in the following year.
Essential to the story, and never changed, is the fate that shadowed the love of Beren and Luthien: for Beren was a mortal man, but Luthien was an immortal elf. Her father, a great elvish lord, in deep opposition to Beren, imposed on him an impossible task that he must perform before he might wed Luthien. This is the kernel of the legend; and it leads to the supremely heroic attempt of Beren and Luthien together to rob the greatest of all evil beings, Melkor, called Morgoth, the Black Enemy, of a Silmaril.
In this book Christopher Tolkien has attempted to extract the story of Beren and Luthien from the comprehensive work in which it was embedded; but that story was itself changing as it developed new associations within the larger history. To show something of the process whereby this legend of Middle-earth evolved over the years, he has told the story in his father’s own words by giving, first, its original form, and then passages in prose and verse from later texts that illustrate the narrative as it changed. Presented together for the first time, they reveal aspects of the story, both in event and in narrative immediacy, that were afterwards lost.
Published on the tenth anniversary of the last Middle-earth book, the international bestseller The Children of Hurin, this new volume similarly includes drawings and color plates by Alan Lee, who also illustrated The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and went on to win Academy Awards for his work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Companion Products:
The Hobbit (Illustrated)
The Hobbit (PB)
The Fellowship of the Ring (Gold Foil)
The Simarillion (Gold Foill)
The Simarillion (HC)
Beren and Luthien
The Fall of Numenor
The Fall of Gondolin
The Children of Hurin
Unfinished Tales
Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien
Hobbitvs Ille: The Latin Hobbit
Farmer Giles of Ham
Farmer Giles of Ham (HC)
Paperback Set:
The Hobbit
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
Boxed Sets:
The Hobbit & the Lord of the Rings Boxed Set (HC)
History of Middle-Earth Boxed-Set #1
History of Middle-Earth Boxed-Set #2
History of Middle-Earth Boxed-Set #3
History of Middle-Earth Boxed-Set #4
Additional Information
| Weight | .5 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8.3 × 5.5 × 1.3 in |
| ISBN | 9781328791825 |
| Published Date | 2017 |
| Author | J.R.R. Tolkien, |
| Publisher | William Morrow & Company |
| Format | Hardcover |
