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The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Silmarillion about?

The #1 New York Times Bestseller The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit. This mythopoetic masterpiece is a must-read before you watch The Lord of the Rings on Amazon. "Majestic! ... Readers of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings will find in The Silmarillion a cosmology to call their own, medieval romances, fierce fairy tales, and fiercer wars that ring with heraldic fury... It overwhelms the reader."—Time The story of the creation of the world and of the First Age, this is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part. The three Silmarils were jewels created by Fëanor, most gifted of the Elves. Within them was imprisoned the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the Trees themselves were destroyed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Thereafter, the unsullied Light of Valinor lived on only in the Silmarils, but they were seized by Morgoth and set in his crown, which was guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of

Who reads The Silmarillion?

Author

J.R.R. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Published

1977

Language

EN

ISBN

9780544338012

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fantasy, Adventure, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.88 / 5 (263 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13