The Silmarillion, Vol. 3 {audiobook}
by J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Silmarilliontells of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's World, when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle Earth, and the High Elves made war upon them for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. It is to this ancient drama that the characters inThe Lord of the Ringsso often look back to. The Elf-Man Túrin Turambar, the last of the great heroes born of man but fostered by the Grey-elves of Mithrim, was fair and strong and marked show more by sorrow. A dragon-slayer, he was also a curse unto his kin, treacherous to foes, faithless to friends, and husband of his sister. During Túrin's time and long past, Ulmo, King of the Sea, came to Valinor out of the deep waters, and spoke of the need of the Elves and the overpowering might of Morgoth. And the War of Wrath began. At its end the Silmarils found their homes: One in the airs of heaven, one in the fires of the heart or the world, and one in the blackness of the waters, and all Middle-Earth was peaceful for many years. Peace reigned until the rise of Sauron, greatest servant of Morgoth, who recovered the rings of power and wore the Ruling Ring until it was cut from his hand. At the bidding of Mithrandir, the Great Ring of Power was cast into the Fire of Mount Doom from where it was wrought. Men grew strong and prospered. But the power of the Three Rings was ended and the world grew weary and grey to Elven-kind. They departed by ship into the high airs above the mists of the world, a whisper of harp-sound moving through the Ancient West. And an end was come for the Eldar of story and of song. The Silmarillion,considered to be Tolkien's most important work, is the story of the creation of the world and the happenings of the First Age, clearly setting the stage for all his other works. With a superb performance by Martin Shaw, this final installment of three volumes will thrill and delight Tolkien fans of all ages, and listeners will treasure this extraordinary presentation for years to come. show lessTags
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Included in this final volume of the audiobook is the Akallabêth and relates the history of the Downfall of Númenor and its people, which takes place in the Second Age and is the rise of Sauron. The final part, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, is a brief account of the circumstances which led to and were presented in The Lord of the Rings and thus stitches this misty past to the LOTR saga. But, the Arkenstone is not a Silmaril? That seems a missed opportunity to weld the arc together and have a proper MacGuffin to tie it all together, like Infinity Stones in the Marvel Universe. I was thinking the Arkenstone was a Silmaril and this final part would at least hint at how it came to be in the heart of the Lonely Mountain...
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A writer of fantasies, Tolkien, a professor of language and literature at Oxford University, was always intrigued by early English and the imaginative use of language. In his greatest story, the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (1954--56), Tolkien invented a language with vocabulary, grammar, syntax, even poetry of its own. Though readers have show more created various possible allegorical interpretations, Tolkien has said: "It is not about anything but itself. (Certainly it has no allegorical intentions, general, particular or topical, moral, religious or political.)" In The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962), Tolkien tells the story of the "master of wood, water, and hill," a jolly teller of tales and singer of songs, one of the multitude of characters in his romance, saga, epic, or fairy tales about his country of the Hobbits. Tolkien was also a formidable medieval scholar, as evidenced by his work, Beowulf: The Monster and the Critics (1936) and his edition of Anciene Wisse: English Text of the Anciene Riwle. Among his works published posthumously, are The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún and The Fall of Arthur, which was edited by his son, Christopher. In 2013, his title, TheHobbit (Movie Tie-In) made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Tolkien Fantasy Tales Box Set (The Tolkien Reader/The Silmarillion/Unfinished Tales/Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)
Lord of the Rings Collection:The Hobbit-The Fellowship of the Ring-The Two Towers-Return of the King-The Silmarillion-Unfinished Tales (Lord of the Rings) by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)
The Children of Húrin Paperback Box Set: The Children of Hurin / The Silmarillion / Unfinished Tales by J. R. R. Tolkien (indirect)
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- The Silmarillion, Vol. 3 {audiobook}
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- This LT Work is for part 3 only of a 3-volume audio edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion. Please distinguish among the complete Work and any separate parts of a multi-volume edition such as this one. Thank you... (show all).
Performance by Martin Shaw.
Description: 4 audiocassettes (332 min.) : analog, Dolby processed
Contents: Of Turin Turambar --
Of the ruin of Doriath --
Of Tuor and the fall of Gondolin --
Of the voyage of Earendil and the war of wrath --
Akallabeth --
Of the rings of power and the third age.
Other Titles: Of the fall of Numenor and the rings of power
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