Beren and Lúthien
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Beren and Lúthien is a 2017 compilation of multiple versions of the epic fantasy Lúthien and Beren by J. R. R. Tolkien, one of Tolkien's earliest tales of Middle-earth. It is edited by Christopher Tolkien. It is the story of the love and adventures of the mortal Man Beren and the immortal Elf-maiden Lúthien. Tolkien wrote several versions of their story, the last in The Silmarillion, and the tale is also mentioned in The Lord of the Rings at the council of Elrond. The story takes place during the First Age of Middle-earth, about 6,500 years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Editor | Christopher Tolkien |
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Author | J. R. R. Tolkien |
Illustrator | Alan Lee |
Cover artist | Alan Lee |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Subject | Tolkien's legendarium |
Genre | High fantasy |
Published | 2017[1] |
Publisher | HarperCollins Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 297[note 1] |
ISBN | 978-0-00-821419-7 |
Preceded by | The Children of Húrin |
Followed by | The Fall of Gondolin |
Beren, son of Barahir, cut a Silmaril from Morgoth's crown as the bride price for Lúthien, daughter of the Elf-king Thingol and Melian the Maia. His hand was cut off with a silmaril in it; later he was killed by Carcharoth, the wolf of Angband, but alone of mortal Men returned from the dead. He lived then with Lúthien on Tol Galen in Ossiriand, and fought the Dwarves at Sarn Athrad. He was the great-grandfather of Elrond and Elros, and thus the ancestor of the Númenórean kings. After the fulfilment of the quest of the silmaril and Beren's death, Lúthien chose to become mortal and to share Beren's fate.[T 1]
Tolkien found the inspiration for many of the ideas presented in the tale in his love for his wife Edith, and after her death had "Lúthien" engraved on her tombstone, and later "Beren" on his own.