# The Silmarillion

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- Book: [The Silmarillion](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-silmarillion) ([The Silmarillion.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-silmarillion.md))
- Authors: [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-r-r-tolkien)
- Publisher: del_rey
- ISBN: 978-03-4532-581-5
- Pages: 480
- Published: 1985-01-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The legendary precursor to The Lord of the Rings “A creation of singular beauty . . . magnificent in its best moments.”—The Washington Post Set primarily in the First Age of Middle-earth,...