The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It 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 tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.

Included in the book are several shorter works. 'The Ainulindale' is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. 'The Akallabeth' recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age and 'Of the Rings of Power' tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings.

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J. R. R. Tolkien
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Martin Shaw
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29 octobre 2015
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HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Durée	14 heures et 49 minutes
Auteur	J. R. R. Tolkien
Narrateur	Martin Shaw
Date de publication sur Audible.fr	29 octobre 2015
Éditeur	HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Type de programme	Livre audio
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Langue	Anglais
ASIN	B01CV3JSAQ
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Superbe livre pour les fans de Tolkien

Commenté en France 🇫🇷 le 16 octobre 2022

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Offert à mon fils, fan de Tolkien pour son anniversaire. Livre magnifique, avec une cinquantaine d'illustrations. Bien protégé lors de l'envoi, par 2 paquets cartonnés.

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Camille Lacombe

Couverture un peu cornée

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Miss Whippy

A lire, a relire - priceless!

Commenté en France 🇫🇷 le 12 juillet 2012

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Acheté d'occasion - et même si l'ouvrage même présente des décolorations au niveau de la tranche, j'en suis satisfaite. J'aime que les livres aient plusieurs vies, surtout lorsqu'il s'agit de l'édition de 1977.

Tout d'abord, je voudrais clarifier un ou deux points relevés par d'autres lecteurs:
Oui, le Silmarillion est un livre dense, difficile d'approche pour ceux qui ne lisent pas beaucoup en anglais. Cela dit, ce qui a été qualifié d'ancien anglais n'est rien de plus que des formes parfois un peu archaïques.
Exemple: ere = before; ye = you, ect.

Après ça, je pense que la langue elle-même n'est pas le plus gros problème - elle n'est pas si différente des autres oeuvres de Tolkien. Mais il s'agit de la forme. Pour le coup, on peut parler d'épique.

Pour avoir lu l'ouvrage en français - il y des années, je peux dire que la langue n'est pas 'pire' mais les lecteurs francophones auront sans doute plus de mal. (Je ne suis pas anglophone, simplement une étudiante de littérature anglaise.) Après, ce n'est pas Shakespeare, donc je ne peux que conseiller aux indécis de prendre un bon dictionnaire - unilingue, c'est plus facile - et de se lancer. Au bout de quelques pages, le dictionnaire risque de passer à la trappe mais ce n'est pas grave. Il n'est pas obligatoire de tout comprendre d'un coup, ce livre fait partie de ceux qui peuvent - et méritent - d'être relus régulièrement.

Ceux qui ont aimé le Seigneur des Anneaux trouveront le Silmarillion très différent, mais il apporte des informations très précieuses. (A l'époque, j'avais passé des heures à me torturer les méninges par rapport à des questions de généalogies, les langues et le reste.)
Mais plus que des informations, c'est un récit absolument magnifique, poignant par instant, 'awe-inspiring' - le serment de Feänor, l'Histoire de Luthien et Beren, la quête des Silmarils, l'histoire de Turìn... les exemples sont nombreux.

C'est un texte qui a une vocation d'expliquer, de donner une histoire à la Terre du Milieu et au reste de son monde. Par conséquent, il est normal de voir de très nombreux peuples et personnages, des lieux qui changent de noms au fil du temps et le reste - les cartes qui évoluent.

Je conseille vivement la lecture du Silmarillion non seulement aux fans - qui n'ont guère besoin d'encouragements je pense - mais aussi à ceux qui souhaitent lire un épique digne de ce nom, ainsi que tous ceux qui sont intéressés par la création d'un mythe, la construction géographique d'un monde dans une oeuvre littéraire - et autres curieux de tous poils qui voudraient se frotter à de l'anglais pas si évident et en ressortir avec du vocabulaire très utile dans les essays.

ps: Si vous pouvez, prenez la première édition, elle vaut vraiment le coup. Rien n'égale un livre aussi vénérable dans son édition d'origine. Et les cartes sont superbes.

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thomas98

For the complete history of Middle Earth

Commenté en France 🇫🇷 le 13 mars 2020

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A great classic, where all that you need to know about Middle Earth is. It’s perfect to understand all the subtleties of the Lord of the Rings and of the Hobbit, and makes for a good read in its own right...
A personal suggestion when reading the Silmarillion part, have the map of Beleriand at hand, it helps a lot!

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VIE Pierre

Bonne qualité, beau design, attention apportée au détail, bon respect du rapport qualité prix

Commenté en France 🇫🇷 le 16 mai 2021

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Très bonne édition Deluxe du Silmarillion, je recommande aux fans (amateurs et puristes de Tolkien)

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Florian

Bon livre mais couverture cornée et en mauvais état !

Commenté en France 🇫🇷 le 30 novembre 2021

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Produite reçu avec les coins cornée , et un peu déchirée

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Très beau cadeau

Commenté en France 🇫🇷 le 15 février 2020

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Acheté pour un cadeau. Destinataire très heureux: pages en papier glacé, très belles illustrations. La qualité est visible. Commande arrivée le lendemain, très appréciable.
Ce vendeur est bien moins cher que tous les autres sites consultés: merci !
Edition en anglais, langue d'origine !

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Pierre-emmanuel Bureau

I received a 1985 edition instead of a first edition

Commenté en France 🇫🇷 le 19 décembre 2021

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The book i receive was black with red icon with no red headband no map, i opened it at the edition page, "first edition" wasn't write , i still decide to check the isbn: 0-395-34646-0 (that does not correspond with the ad) and i discovered with some dificulty that it was a reissue from 1985.

i bought it 10 euros so i am gonna keep it anyway, You have been prevenant on the delay but i will never buy anymore with your business

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EMR

Magnificent masterpiece

Commenté au Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧 le 22 novembre 2018

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I bought The Silmarillion a long time ago in paperback, settled down and started to read. I gave up after a few pages feeling bored and confused. What was this? It was like reading the Bible. I just couldn't get into it. However, a few months later I tried again. Still didn't like it. And then later I tried again. Once more I couldn't get past the first couple of chapters. Bored, bored, bored. In the end I gave my paperback to charity.

Many years later I decided I would try The Silmarillion again. This time I bought it in hardback, thinking that I could guilt myself into reading it as I'd paid so much for it. I knew I was having difficulty reading the first chapters so I forced myself to read two pages a day (not an ideal way to enjoy a book!). Then something magical happened. I found myself enjoying it. By the time I had reached chapter 6 "Of Feanor and the unchaining of Melkor" I was completely gripped and couldn't put the book down. I didn't want it to end. I actually felt quite bereft when I'd finished it. The stories of Feanor and his sons and the Silmarils, the fall of Gondolin, the love story of Beren and Luthien, the tragic story of Turin Turambar all completely enthralled me. It is difficult to put into words how completely captivating and engrossing these stories are. How one man had all this inside his head is beyond me.

I have one tiny gripe. Why on earth isn't Thangorodrim and Angband on the map included in the book? It's like leaving Mordor off the map of Middle Earth in LOTR. It's essential. In the end I bought Karen Wynn Fonstad's map book The Atlas of Tolkien’s Middle-earth so I could sort it out in my head.

So the moral of the story is if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If you persist with this book you will be very well rewarded. It's the sort of book that will stay with you for a lifetime.

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S. Lornie

The Middle Earth Bible!

Commenté au Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧 le 23 mai 2022

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The Silmarillion is a book I have had in my collection for a while. I adore Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit. I would go as far as to say they're possibly my favourite books. I've read them all back to back and do so more than the average person. But The Silmarillion is one I've been on the fence about. I've heard for a long time that this book is a tough read. That it is very dry, full of hard to pronounce Elven words and is a huge hit or miss on anyone who picks the thing up. Because of this, I've felt a bit hesitant to try it. With the constant advertising of the awful looking Rings of Power show, I thought it was finally time to give it a whirl. I may or may not like it, but I'll give it a go anyway. That is exactly what I did and to my surprise, I found this book was not only a fantastic read but a lot easier than the people I know have stated.

For those who are not familiar with the book, The Silmarillion is a post humous release by Christopher Tolkien. He had the help of fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay and their goal was to put together J.R.R. Tolkien's history of Middle Earth and all things surrounding it into a coherent and readable book. This book mainly features a detailed history of the first age of Middle Earth. Everything from the first being, to the origins of the Valar and Maiar, the world and all the lands in it as well as the races of Elves, Men, Dwarves etc that dwell in it. There's a good portion about the the fall of Numenor, Last Alliance's fight against Sauron and ending with a short section about the third age (Aragorn, Frodo etc).

As a book, I found it not too difficult to read. The English was old fashioned but easy to understand. I didn't find it too dry or dull. He uses this to paint a fantastic picture, something that a lot of people are incapable of doing in this day and age (in my opinion). The story telling itself was well paced for the most part, only feeling slow at the beginning as the reader is being introduced to the origins of everything, their true names and who/what they were involved with. All of the short stories are very fascinating. Tolkien introduces us to a lot of great characters, most of whom have back stories and satisfying character arcs.

Whilst I love the detail in the stories themselves, I find that sometimes they can be buried under a little too much information. At times when we discover a new character, we're introduced to him (or her) like this, "This is so and so from this family, child of this person, living in this region, next to this place, where this thing is and they originally came from here, took part in this event which featured this person who lives here... " and so on. It's fine in small portions but can get a little silly at times. Especially when you consider the length of the names given to every person and place. I suspect this is the part that people find off putting and possibly over whelming. It might seem like sacrilege to some but is literally the ONLY reason I've given it four stars and as a little restraint might have been better at times.

The copy of the book I have is the lovely orange 2021 hardback special edition. This beast of a book comes with some wonderfully thick pages, a serious hard front and back cover as well as a large slipcase to keep the book in. The text is more than large enough for my miserable eyes and there's a good amount of illustrations too. The works of Ted Nasmith scattered throughout the book are absolutely lovely. Plenty of detail and colour. It's a fine product and a great edition in my collection.

The Silmarillion is a great detailed history of how things came to be and really puts some stuff into perspective. It might be a bit much for those who only like the films and those that struggle to pronounce Elvish. Those folks can get a considerably cheaper copy. But those die hard Tolkien readers will love this copy of the book, or the book in general. There's so many great characters and details about things only mentioned in previous books. It really makes things feel complete and I couldn't recommend it more.

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Djilly L.

The one uncompleted book in my vast book collection

Commenté au Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧 le 1 janvier 2019

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With fondness i recall how much I enjoyed reading the Hobbit and even more so the Lord of the Rings during my teenage years - I even feigned illness to have a good few days to complete these books.

Although I barely read fiction these days, I thought it a great idea to bring the Silmarillion along on a holiday trip. That was a mistake. I was aware the book was never published during the author’s life and that it was completed and composed by his son. However it’s of much higher mythological content than for instance the start of the Lord of the Rings. To me the book just goes on and on about the Elderdays to which there are references in the Lord of the Rings. But the writing style is very different. And it reads more like a dry history text that heaps up exotic dwarf and elven names. To me it was all a bit incoherent or maybe I didn’t try hard enough to find the coherence. Yet I did make a serious effort!

Perhaps my setting wasn’t great as I like my holiday reading to be accompanied by a few beers or a good wine, but that doesn’t blend well with the nature of this book as it requires close attention. I never, ever do not finish a book. But the Silmarillion broke this rule, as I gave up after 1/3 and decide to leave it to the Middle Earth fanatics and started to enjoy my holiday.

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Mr Pyndah Vickers

An absolutely essential purchase for any Tolkien fan.

Commenté au Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧 le 12 novembre 2022

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Note: this review is for the 2022 ‘illustrated by the author’ version.

I’m going to imagine that most people who are obsessive about Tolkien’s works will already have this book in some format or another. So why buy this one? Well, for a start it’s beautifully illustrated throughout by the author himself. Obviously, Tolkien was clearly not as good an illustrator as Alan Lee, John Howe or Ted Nasmith, but his pictures do give you a much better insight into how Middle-Earth would look, if it were not coloured by later fantasy works.

Second is the book itself, which is absolutely beautiful: case-bound with a foil imprint of the Silmarilli device on the cover and spine. The print is of a very high quality in two colours: black with blue titles and headings. The paper is premium, white and smooth – not the pulp used in the other tales of the First Age Series. There are two pull-out maps included as well: a reprint of the original hand drawn version by J.R.R. Tolkien himself and a revised version by his son Christopher. The finishing touches are that the edges of the pages are tinted green with Tengwar (Elven) Script emblazoned down them, as well as a built-in bookmark.

If you are new to Tolkien and have come here from the films or the TV show — or simply want to find out more about the history of Middle-Earth — then this is the place to come. I am not going to lie: The Silmarillion can be a hard read compared to ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and even more so when compared to ‘The Hobbit’, as it has an almost biblical style. My advice is to check out the tips on pronunciation in the back of the book before starting — it’ll make your progress much easier. There are five sections overall, but the main part is the ‘Quenta Silmarillion’, which is the story of the Elves and the holy gems known as the Silmarils, and is set during the First Age of Middle-Earth. The other sections deal with the creation of Middle-Earth, the various gods and goddesses, the Second Age and the downfall of Numenor, and a brief synopsis of the events leading up to the end of the Third Age.

As I said earlier it’s not the easiest read in the world but it is absolutely essential if you wish to know more about Middle-Earth and, especially, the Elves. I highly recommend this version.

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M. Dowden

Back in the Mists of Time

Commenté au Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧 le 19 août 2022

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is of course best remembered by the general public for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but of course he wrote much more than this, both fiction and non-fiction. This particular book was never published in the author’s lifetime, and it is only thanks to his son, Christopher that we have this. We have here then Ainulindalë, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion, Akallabêth, and Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age. Along with these tales we also have maps, family trees, notes on pronunciation, an index, footnotes and so on.

Because Tolkien created such an immersive world, with invented languages and so much more he was also able to create a whole mythopoeia for this world, these stories being part of that. So here we are given a creation myth the First Age of Middle Earth and the forging of the SIlmarils, all of which are interconnected tales; the fall of various people, and the last part giving us an idea of the rings, which would be continued in his more popular works.

As such this was really a work in progress as Tolkien originally started writing the pieces here long before the more famous works were published, and thus he was still building the world that we later came to know so well. I first read this when I was in my teens but coming back to it all these years later, I can clearly see where certain parts of this were inspired by real myths from the world, which gives me a greater appreciation of what the author was attempting to do with this, and how well he built his fantasy world and languages spoken in it.

I should warn those who are coming to this for the very first time that when this was first published it received mainly poor reviews, but if you look a little bit more into them you will see that this was perhaps because the press were expecting more of what had been published in the past, rather than something that was based more upon the lines of a scholarly type of work, more akin to something that would be written about myths in our own world. The problem then with this is that even if you are a hardened fan, you may not find this easily digestible although it does make for an interesting read, and it is not common to have a fantasy world created with such precision.

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