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Narn i chîn Húrin

the tale of the children of Húrin

J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien

Ages 14+

Readers rate it 3.9 (337 on Hardcover)

313 pages

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This is a dark, tragic epic from Tolkien's legendarium featuring warfare, a dragon antagonist, and deeply mature themes including incest and psychological manipulation. While beautifully written, the story is dominated by suffering, curses, and themes of fate and despair rather than triumph or hope. It is significantly darker and more complex than The Lord of the Rings and better suited to older teen readers comfortable with tragedy.

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The ‘Great Tale’ of The Children of Húrin, set during the legendary time before The Lord of the Rings. Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Turin and his sister Nienor... The ‘Great Tale’ of The Children of Húrin, set during the legendary time before The Lord of the Rings. Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Turin and his sister Nienor will be tragically entwined. Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Hurin, the man who dared to defy him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire. Sardonic and mocking, Glaurung manipulates the fates of Turin and Nienor by lies of diabolic cunning and guile, in an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth.

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  • Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Tierra Media (Lugar imaginario)
  • Fiction
  • Novela fantástica
  • Open Library Staff Picks
  • Ficción
  • English fiction
  • nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2008-11-09
  • New York Times bestseller
  • Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction
  • Fiction, fantasy, epic

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