The Book of Lost Tales
Collection of stories by J. R. R. Tolkien / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Book of Lost Tales is a collection of early stories by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, published as the first two volumes of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series The History of Middle-earth, in which he presents and analyses the manuscripts of those stories, which were the earliest form (begun in 1917) of the complex fictional myths that would eventually comprise The Silmarillion. Each of the Tales is followed by notes and a detailed commentary by Christopher Tolkien.[1]
Editor | Christopher Tolkien |
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Author | J. R. R. Tolkien |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | The History of Middle-earth |
Release number | 1, 2 |
Subject | Tolkien's legendarium |
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Publisher | George Allen & Unwin (UK) Houghton Mifflin (US) |
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Pages | 297 (Vol. 1, first edition) 400 (Vol. 2, first edition) |
ISBN | 0-395-35439-0 (Vol. 1) 0-395-36614-3 (Vol. 2) |
Followed by | The Lays of Beleriand |
For publication the book was split into two volumes: The Book of Lost Tales 1 (1983) and The Book of Lost Tales 2 (1984), but this is simply an editorial division. Each volume contains several "Lost Tales".