Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, or Unfinished Tales, is a collection of stories and alternate narratives by J.R.R. Tolkien that were not completed in his lifetime, but edited and concluded by Christopher Tolkien, and first published in 1980. The tales are set in Arda.
==Publication & editions==
Unlike The Silmarillion, in which narrative fragments were modified to form a consistent and coherent work, the Unfinished Tales are presented as Tolkien left them, with little more than names changed. Thus some of these are incomplete stories, while others are collections of "factual" information about Middle-earth. Each tale is followed by a long series of Christopher's notes explaining inconsistencies and obscure points. In a few of the tales (written after The Lord of the Rings had been published and found success), Tolkien reaches back to rationalize or correct certain facets of his world that originally had been different, or mysterious.
As with The Silmarillion, Christopher Tolkien edited and published Unfinished Tales before he had finished his study of the materials in his father's archive. Despite shortcomings in editorial consistency, Unfinished Tales provides detailed information about characters, events and places mentioned only briefly in The Lord of the Rings. Tales include alternate accounts of the origins of Gandalf and the Wizards, the death of Isildur and the loss of the One Ring in the Gladden Fields, and the founding of the Kingdom of Rohan.Of particular note is the tale of Tar-Aldarion and Erendis, the only known story set within Númenor before its fall. A map of Númenor is included.
Unfinished Tales had commercial success, demonstrating that demand for Tolkien's stories several years after his death grew on. Considering this, Christopher Tolkien began to embark upon the more ambitious twelve-volume work entitled The History of Middle-earth which encompasses nearly the entire corpus of Tolkien's Middle-earth writings.
A special Deluxe Slipcase Edition was released by HarperCollins in 2013. In 2020, an "Illustrated Edition" of the book was released by Houghton Mifflin, featuring art by John Howe, Alan Lee, and Ted Nasmith. (These illustrators had separately provided cover-art for prior publications, in 1996, 2001, and 2003 respectively.)
==Contents==
Part One: The First Age:
*"Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin"
*"Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)"
Part Two: The Second Age:
*"A Description of the Island of Númenor"
*"Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife"
*"The Line of Elros: Kings of Númenor"
*"The History of Galadriel and Celeborn"
Part Three: The Third Age:
*"The Disaster of the Gladden Fields"
*"Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
*"The Quest of Erebor"
*"The Hunt for the Ring"
*"The Battles of the Fords of Isen"
Part Four
*"The Drúedain"
*"The Istari"
*"The Palantíri"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Onvoltooide Verhale
Albanian 	Tregime të papërfunduara
Amharic 	ያልተጠናቀቁ ታሪኮች
Arabic 	غير منتهية قصص
Armenian 	Անավարտ պատմություններ
Azerbaijani 	Yarımçıq Nağıllar
Basque 	Amaitu gabeko ipuinak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Няпоўныя гісторыі
Bosnian 	Nedovršene priče
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Недовършени предания
Недовършените предания за Нуменор и Средната земя (Full Title)
Burmese 	မပြီးဆုံးသေးသောပုံပြင်များ
Cambodian 	រឿងមិនទាន់បញ្ចប់
Catalan 	Contes inconclusos
Contes inacabats de Númenor i la Terra Mitjana (Full Title)
Chinese 	未完成的故事
努门诺尔与中洲世界未完的传说 (Full Title)
Cornish 	Andhien Hwedhlow
Croatian 	Nedovršene pripovijesti
Czech 	Nedokončené příběhy
Nedokončené příběhy Númenoru a Středozemě (Full Title)
Danish 	Efterladte historier
Dogri 	अधूरा किस्से
Dutch 	Nagelaten vertellingen
Nagelaten vertellingen van Númenor en Midden-aarde (Full Title)
Estonian 	Lõpetamata lood
Finnish 	Keskeneräisten tarujen kirja
French 	Contes inachevés
Galician 	Contos inconclusos
Georgian 	დაუსრულებელი მოთხრობები
German 	Nachrichten aus Mittelerde
Greek 	Ατέλειωτες Ιστορίες
Gujarati 	અપૂર્ણ ટેલ્સ
Hebrew 	סיפורים שלא נשלמו
(Full Title) סיפורים שלא נשלמו: מנומנור ומהארץ התיכונה
Hindi 	अधूरी कहानियां
Hungarian 	Befejezetlen történetek
Befejezetlen regék Númenorról és Középföldéről (Full Title)
Icelandic 	Ólokið sögur
Indonesian 	Cerita-cerita yang belum selesai
Italian 	Racconti Incompiuti
Racconti incompiuti di Númenor e della Terra di Mezzo (Full Title)
Japanese 	終わらざりし物語
ヌーメノールと中つ国の終わらない物語 (Full Title)
Kannada 	ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸದ ಕಥೆಗಳು
Kazakh 	Аяқталмаған ертегілер (Cyrillic) Ayaqtalmağan ertegiler (Latin)
Korean 	끝나지 않은 이야기
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Бүтпөгөн жомоктор
Laotian 	ບົດເລື່ອງທີ່ບໍ່ຄົບຖ້ວນ
Latvian 	Nepabeigti stāsti
Lithuanian 	Nebaigtų istorijos
Luxembourgish 	Inkompletter Geschichten
Macedonian Cyrillic	Незавршени приказни
Malagasy 	Tantara tsy tanteraka
Malayalam 	പൂർത്തിയാകാത്ത കഥകൾ
Malaysian 	Cerita-cerita yang belum selesai
Maltese 	Reċensjonijiet mhux lesti
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Үл дуусаагүй түүхүүд
Nepalese 	अधूरो कथाहरू
Norwegian 	Ufullendte fortellinger
Ufullendte fortellinger om Númenor og Midgard (Full Title)
Pashto 	نامکمل کیسې
Persian 	داستان‌های ناتمام
(Full Title) قصه‌های ناتمام نومه‌نور و سرزمین میانه
Polish 	Niedokończone opowieści
Niedokończone opowieści Númenoru i Śródziemia (Full Title)
Portuguese 	Contos Inacabados
Contos Inacabados de Númenor e da Terra Média (Full Title)
Punjabi 	ਅਢੁਕਵੇਂ ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ
Romanian 	Povești neterminate
Russian 	Неоконченные предания
Неоконченные предания Нуменора и Средиземья (Full Title)
Serbian 	Незавршене приче (Cyrillic) Nezavršene priče (Latin)
Незавршене приче о Нуменору и Средњој земљи (Cyrillic) Nezavršene priče o Numenoru i Srednjoj zemlji (Latin) Full Title
Sinhalese 	අසම්පූර්ණයි කතාවක්
Slovak 	Nedokončené príbehy
Slovenian 	Nedokončane zgodbe
Nedokončane pripovedi o Númenorju in Srednjem svetu (Full Title)
Spanish 	Cuentos Inconclusos
Cuentos Inconclusos de Númenor y La Tierra Media (Full Title)
Swedish 	Oavslutade Berättelser
Tajik Cyrillic 	Нопурра Ҳикояҳои
Tamil 	அன்பினிஷ்டு கதைகள்
Tatar 	Тәмамланмаган әкиятләр
Telugu 	అసంపూర్తి కథలు
Thai 	เรื่องราวที่ไม่สมบูรณ์
เกร็ดตำนานที่จารมิจบ แห่งนูเมนอร์ และมิดเดิ้ลเอิร์ธ (Full Title)
Turkish 	Bitmemiş Öyküler
Turkmen 	Gutarylmadyk Ertekiler
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Незакінчені оповіді
Незавершені оповіді Нуменору і Середзем'я (Full Title)
Urdu 	نامکمل کہانیاں
Uzbek 	Қурилиши тугалланмаган ҳикоялар (Cyrillic) Qurilishi tugallanmagan hikoyalar (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Câu chuyện chưa hoàn thành
Welsh 	Storïau Anghyflawn
Yiddish 	ונפינישעד מעשיות
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de:Nachrichten aus Mittelerde
es:Cuentos Inconclusos de Númenor y La Tierra Media
fr:Contes et légendes inachevés
it:Racconti Incompiuti
ja:終わらざりし物語
nl:Nagelaten vertellingen
pl:Niedokończone opowieści
pt-br:Contos Inacabados de Númenor e da Terra Média (Livro)
ru:Неоконченные предания Нуменора и Средиземья
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