J.R.R. Tolkien was born on 3rd January 1892. After serving in the First World War, he became best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, selling 150 million copies in more than 40 languages worldwide. Awarded the CBE and an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Oxford University, he died in 1973 at the age of 81.
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwë, chief of the Valar.
Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable. It was built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who, when they dwelt in Valinor, the land of the gods, rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth. Turgon King of Gondolin is hated and feared above all his enemies by Morgoth, who seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city, while the gods in Valinor in heated debate largely refuse to intervene in support of Ulmo's desires and designs.
Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin, the instrument of Ulmo's designs. Guided unseen by him Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on the fearful journey to Gondolin, and in one of the most arresting moments in the history of Middle-earth the sea-god himself appears to him, rising out of the ocean in the midst of a storm. In Gondolin he becomes great; he is wedded to Idril, Turgon's daughter, and their son is Eärendel, whose birth and profound importance in days to come is foreseen by Ulmo.
At last comes the terrible ending. Morgoth learns through an act of supreme treachery all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on the city, with Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs. After a minutely observed account of the fall of Gondolin, the tale ends with the escape of Túrin and Idril, with the child Eärendel, looking back from a cleft in the mountains as they flee southward, at the blazing wreckage of their city. They were journeying into a new story, the Tale of Eärendel, which Tolkien never wrote, but which is sketched out in this book from other sources.
Following his presentation of Beren and Lúthien Christopher Tolkien has used the same 'history in sequence' mode in the writing of this edition of The Fall of Gondolin. In the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, it was ‘the first real story of this imaginary world’ and, together with Beren and Lúthien and The Children of Húrin, he regarded it as one of the three 'Great Tales' of the Elder Days.
##明显能从第一个贡多林版本到最后一个的变化里看出40多年托尔金的写作进步,气氛烘托、剧情进展和语言韵律都增强很多。和Unfinished Tales以及宝钻正文都有较多重叠。实名羡慕Tuor,托尔金故事里我最想代入体验人生的人/精灵!
评分 评分##在世界文学的殿堂里面,J.R.R.托尔金的名字永远闪闪发光,铭刻在最引人瞩目的位置,吸引着万千文学爱好者的瞩目,并且世代流传。所有这一切荣耀,都来自那部无与伦比的《魔戒》。 《魔戒》的伟大,无需赘言。相比较于其他同类型作品,作者构建了一个宏大的,独立的,细致入微的...
评分 评分##我最早把Gondolin的故事理解为一种农夫与蛇...又过了几年才发现我是真的naive
评分##最喜欢段:Meglin saw this he would stab Eärendel with a short knife he had; but that child bit his left hand, that his teeth sank in, and he staggered
评分 评分##Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima! 我对刚多林的陷落的兴趣其实来自于那首埃雅仁迪尔之歌。 书比我想象中要有趣很多,本来以为会是枯燥的文稿,但读完好像经历了一次传说的诞生,窥见了一次故事的创作过程。或者说,一个世界的逐渐诞生与成长。 托老自己在不同时期所写的不同版...
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