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ANumber-OneNewYorkTimesBestsellerWhenItWasOriginallyPublished,TheSilmarillionIsTheCoreOfJ.R.R.Tolkien'SImaginativeWriting,AWorkWhoseOriginsStretchBackToATimeLongBeforeTheHobbit.TolkienConsideredTheSilmarillionHisMostImportantWork,And,ThoughItWasPublishedLastAndPosthumously,ThisGreatCollectionOfTalesAndLegendsClearlySetsTheStageForAllHisOtherWriting.TheStoryOfTheCreationOfTheWorldAndOfTheTheFirstAge,ThisIsTheAncientDramaToWhichTheCharactersInTheLordOfTheRingsLookBackAndInWhoseEventsSomeOfThem,SuchAsElrondAndGaladriel,TookPart.TheThreeSilmarilsWereJewelsCreatedByFeanor,MostGiftedOfTheElves.WithinThemWasImprisonedTheLightOfTheTwoTreesOfValinorBeforeTheTreesThemselvesWereDestroyedByMorgoth,TheFirstDarkLord.Thereafter,TheUnsulliedLightOfValinorLivedOnOnlyInTheSilmarils,ButTheyWereSeizedByMorgothAndSetInHisCrown,WhichWasGuardedInTheImpenetrableFortressOfAngbandInTheNorthOfMiddle-Earth.TheSilmarillionIsTheHistoryOfTheRebellionOfFeanorAndHisKindredAgainstTheGods,TheirExileFromValinorAndReturnToMiddle-Earth,AndTheirWar,HopelessDespiteAllTheirHeroism,AgainstTheGreatEnemy.ThisSecondEditionFeaturesALetterWrittenByJ.R.R.TolkienDescribingHisIntentionsForTheBook,WhichServesAsABrilliantExpositionOfHisConceptionOfTheEarlierAgesOfMiddle-Earth.