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Narn i chîn Húrin, the tale of the children of Húrin, J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien ; illustrated by Alan Lee

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Narn i chîn Húrin, the tale of the children of Húrin, J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien ; illustrated by Alan Lee

Language

eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Narn i chîn Húrin

Oclc number

78790549

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Internet Speculative Fiction Database publication record, 297068

Responsibility statement

J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien ; illustrated by Alan Lee

Series statement

Middle-earth universe

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Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 6.9, 12.0, 114630.

Sub title

the tale of the children of Húrin

Summary

After long study of the various manuscripts that composed this early tale of Middle-Earth, Christopher Tolkien has constructed a coherent and epic narrative that composes a crucial part of his father's literary oeuvre. In the great country that lay beyond the Grey Havens in the West following the great cataclysm that ended the First Age of the World, Morgoth--the first Dark Lord--dwelt in the vast fortress of Angband, the Hells of Iron. As he waged war against the lands and secret cities of the Elves, the tragedy of Túrin and his sister Nienor unfolds. Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Húrin, the man who had dared to defy and to scorn him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire. Sardonic and mocking, Glaurung manipulates the fates of Túrin and Nienor by lies of diabolic cunning and guile, and the curse of Morgoth is fulfilled

Table Of Contents

I. The childhood of Túrin -- II. The battle of unnumbered tears -- III. The words of Húrin and Morgoth -- IV. The departure of Túrin -- V. Túrin in Doriath -- VI. Túrin among the outlaws -- VII. Of Mîm the dwarf -- VIII. The land of bow and helm -- IX. The death of Beleg -- X. Túrin in Nargothrond -- XI. The fall of Nargothrond -- XII. The return of Túrin to Dor-lómin -- XIII. The coming of Túrin into Brethil -- XIV. The journey of Morwen and Niënor to Nargothrond -- XV. Niënor in Brethil -- XVI. The coming of Glaurung -- XVII. The death of Glaurung -- XVIII. The death of Túrin -- Genealogies -- I. The house of Hador & the people of Haleth -- II. The house of Bëor -- III. The princes of the Noldor -- Appendix. -- (1) The evolution of the great tales -- (2) The composition of the text -- List of names -- Note on the map

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Children of HúrinTale of the children of Húrin

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