The Fall of Gondolin. J. R. R. Tolkien

The Fall of Gondolin - J. R. R. Tolkien


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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2018

      All texts and materials by J.R.R. Tolkien © The Tolkien Estate Limited 2018

      Preface, Notes and all other materials © C.R. Tolkien 2018

      Illustrations © Alan Lee 2018

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      Illustration © Alan Lee

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      Source ISBN: 9780008302757

      Ebook Edition © August 2018 ISBN: 9780008302788

      Version: 2020-03-30

       Dedication

       To my family

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       THE FALL OF GONDOLIN

       The Original Tale

       The Earliest Text

       Turlin and the Exiles of Gondolin

       The Story Told in the Sketch of the Mythology

       The Story Told in the Quenta Noldorinwa

       The Last Version

       The Evolution of the Story

       Conclusion

       The Conclusion of the Sketch of the Mythology

       The Conclusion of the Quenta Noldorinwa

       Footnotes

       List of Names

       Additional Notes

       Glossary

       Map of Beleriand

       The House of Bëor

       The Princes of the Noldor

       Works by J.R.R. Tolkien

       About the Publisher

       PLATES

       Swanhaven

      ‘They attempt to seize the swan-ships in Swanhaven, and a fight ensues’ (p.32)

       Turgon Strengthens the Watch

      ‘he caused the watch and ward to be thrice strengthened at all points’ (p.64)

       The King’s Tower Falls

      ‘the tower leapt into a flame and in a stab of fire it fell’ (p.96)

       Glorfindel and the Balrog

      ‘that Balrog that was with the rearward foe leapt with great might on certain lofty rocks’ (p.107)

       The Rainbow Cleft

      ‘he should be led to a river-course that flowed underground through which a turbulent water ran at last into the western sea’ (p.135)


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