The Silmarillion
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Published posthumously in 1977 and edited by Christopher Tolkien from his father’s writings, The Silmarillion recounts the creation of Tolkien’s imagined world and the ancient history that lies behind The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Beginning with the music through which the world of Eä is brought into being, it follows the struggles of Elves and Men against the dark power of Morgoth, whose rebellion casts a long shadow over the First Age. Its tales include the jewels known as the Silmarils, the tragic fate of Túrin Turambar, and the doomed love of Beren and Lúthien.
More a collection of interwoven myths and legends than a conventional novel, The Silmarillion draws on the textures of Norse and Celtic mythology, medieval romance, and biblical creation narratives. Its language is solemn and elemental, shaped by Tolkien’s lifelong fascination with invented languages, ancient histories, and the moral weight of power, pride, loyalty, and loss. For readers of Middle-earth, it offers a deeper understanding of the world’s origins; in its own right, it stands as the central expression of Tolkien’s ambition to create a mythology with the depth and resonance of an inherited legend.
From the book
“For so sworn good or evil an oath may not be broken and it shall pursue oathkeeper and oathbreaker to the world's end.”
— J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
On The Silmarillion
“At its best Tolkien’s posthumous revelation of his private mythology is majestic, a work held so long and so powerfully in the writer’s imagination that it overwhelms the reader.”
— Timothy Foote, TIME