6/30/2023 0 Comments Lord of the rings hurin![]() ![]() ![]() Naturally, it is only fitting that a short appendix is also provided by Christopher Tolkien in an attempt to explain the nature of the story and the history of its evolution. If you’ve read the story in ‘The Silmarillion’ and/or ‘Unfinished Tales’, you will find it an easy task to read through the text. Nevertheless, to me it proved to be an opportunity to re-read one of the great stories of the First Age from a fresh perspective – enclosed entirely within the covers of one book accessing a flowing narrative without any interruptions, whilst enjoying Alan Lee’s accompanying artwork. It is a fact though, that some readers were not encouraged by the publication – the reason being that almost three quarters of the text could be found scattered in various other sources, amongst these ‘The Silmarillion’ and ‘Unfinished Tales’. ‘The Children of H úrin’ is one of the oldest narratives in Tolkien’s legendarium, being also one of the three Great Tales of the First Age – along with ‘Beren and L úth ien’ and ‘The Fall of Gondolin’.įirst published as a single book in 2007, Christopher Tolkien provides us with the full tale without any fragmentations to the narrative or accompanying footnotes. ![]()
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