J. R. R. TOLKIEN
The Lays
of
Beleriand
Christopher Tolkien
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First published in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd 1985
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THE LAYS OF BELERIAND
The opening of Canto 2 in the Lay of Leithian recommenced
CONTENTS
I THE LAY OF THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN
Second Version of the Lay:
I (Húrin and Morgoth)
II Túrin’s Fostering
II POEMS EARLY ABANDONED
The Flight of the Noldoli
Fragment of an alliterative Lay of Eärendel
The Lay of the Fall of Gondolin
III THE LAY OF LEITHIAN
I (Of Thingol)
II (Gorlim’s betrayal and Beren’s revenge)
III (Beren’s meeting with Lúthien)
IV (Beren before Thingol)
V (Lúthien’s captivity in Doriath)
VI (Beren in Nargothrond)
VII (Beren and Felagund before Thû)
VIII (Lúthien in Nargothrond)
IX (The defeat of Thû)
X (The attack by Celegorm and Curufin)
XI (The disguising of Beren and Lúthien and the journey to Angband)
XII (Fingolfin and Morgoth; the meeting with Carcharoth)
XIII (Beren and Lúthien in Angband)
XIV (Escape from Angband)
Unwritten Cantos
Appendix: Commentary by C. S. Lewis
IV THE LAY OF LEITHIAN RECOMMENCED
Note on the original submission of the Lay of Leithian and The Silmarillion in1937
Glossary of Obsolete, Archaic, and Rare Words and Meanings
Searchable Terms
Other books by J.R.R. Tolkien
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