Presented for the first time as a standalone work, the epic tale of the fall of gondolin reunites fans of the hobbit and the lord of the rings with elves and men, balrogs, dragons and orcs and the rich landscape and creatures unique to tolkiens middleearth this audio production features samuel west, voicing j. The fall of gondolin and the two other great tales are indispensable for tolkien scholars, but those who are just beginning their journey through middleearth, beleriand, and valinor in the first age would be better served by starting with the silmarillion. The maps can be a big help in later books like the children of hurin and the fall of gondolin if you switch from middleearth to beleriand. The only complete version of the fall of gondolin was published. Thank you all so much for watching, i hope you guys enjoyed it. The lore of the istari from lord of the rings lotr lore duration. Tolkien, martin shaw for free with a 30 day free trial. Shame he was never able to finish such a deep story or bring it to fulfillment in detail and stature as it was obviously meant to be. The tale of the fall of gondolin follows tuor, a hero of men and the end of days in the city of gondolin. The only complete version of the fall of gondolin was published posthumously in the book of lost tales.
Tolkiens the fall of gondolin to be published as a. The tale of the fall of gondolin silmarillion part i youtube. I really enjoyed the late christopher lees audiobook for the children of hurin, however i havent found anything for beren and luthien or the fall of gondolin is there anything out there. The fall of gondolin is one of the original lost tales which formed the basis for a section in his later work, the silmarillion. Matt discusses the heroically tragic story of the elven hero, ecthelion of the fountain. The tale of the fall of gondolin silmarillion part i duration. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. The stories of feanor and his sons and the silmarils, the fall of gondolin, the love story of beren and luthien, the tragic story of turin turambar all completely enthralled me. In the tale of the fall of gondolin are two of the greatest p. The publication of the fall of gondolin, at long last, represents the conclusion of a loose trilogy set in the elder days of j. Tolkiens original writings, and timothy west, reading the editorial.
Fans of tolkien and his silmarillion will not be too disappointed in this book. There and back again j r r tolkien unabridged audiobook read by skinnytecboy. So while this book is not a new tale which is being published for the first time here. This began as a mere experiment in interior rhyme at 11. Presented for the first time as a standalone work, the epic tale of the fall of gondolin reunites fans of the hobbit and the lord of the rings with elves and men. The fall of gondolin the great tales of middle earth j r r tolkien complete audiobook. The silmarillion is an account of the elder days, of the first age of tolkiens world.