num_pages: 297
description: The Book of Lost Tales 1 stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor. Embedded in English legend and English association, they were set in the narratve frame of a great westward voyage over the Ocean by a mariner named Eriol (or Ælfwine) to Tol Eressëa, the Lonely Isle, where Elves dwelt; from them he learned their true story, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. In the Tales are found the earliest accounts and original ideas of Gods and Elves; Dwarves and Orcs; the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; Nargothrond and Gondolin; and the geography and cosmology of the invented world.
language: English
title: The Book of Lost Tales, Part I
titlecomplete: The Book of Lost Tales, Part I (The History of Middle-Earth, #1)
characters: Rúmil, Eriol
genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, High Fantasy, Mythology, Short Stories, Epic Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, Literature, Adventure
ratings_count: 14835
series: The History of Middle-Earth
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
publisher: HarperCollins Publishers