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Unfinished Tales / The Tale of the Children of Húrin

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Author:,J.R.R. Tolkien;

"Unfinished Tales"; Part I

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This is a detailed, though unfinished and, in parts, interrupted narrative version of a poetic tale about the Children of Hurin told once long ago by the poet Dírhavel and called {Narn i Hîn Húrin}?.The present narrative is the Tolkien father and son tandem's version of the story. It is also given a special attention in the Silmarillion.

The Tale about the Children of Hurin comes from the ancient times of the First Age and is a beautiful and touching story about the tragic fate of Hurin's family from the house of Hador Goldenhead - the Lord of the Edain –. Hurin was the Man who dared directly defy Melkor and was cruelly punished for this by the mighty Vala.

“The development of the legend of Turin Turambar is in some respects the most tangled and complex of all the narrative elements in the story of the First Age.” (Christopher Tolkien)

The complete full length story The Children of Hurin was released on April 17, 2007, published by Harper Collins in the UK and Houghton Mifflin in the USA

See a detailed outline-essay: The Tale of the Children of Húrin


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