The Book of Lost Tales, Part II

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The Book of Lost Tales, Part II is a posthumously published collection of J.R.R. Tolkien’s early mythological stories of Middle-earth, edited and annotated by his son Christopher Tolkien.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
posthumously published work
short story collection
author J. R. R. Tolkien
basedOn early versions of Tolkien’s Middle-earth mythology
classification British fantasy literature
containsStory The Fall of Gondolin
The History of Eriol or Ælfwine and the End of the Tales
The Nauglafring
The Tale of Tinúviel
Turambar and the Foalókë
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverArtist Roger Garland
editor Christopher Tolkien
editorialApparatusBy Christopher Tolkien
followedBy The Lays of Beleriand
follows The Book of Lost Tales, Part I
genre fantasy
mythopoeia
hasISBN 0-04-823277-6
includes editorial commentary
philological notes
textual history
language English
mediaType print
notableFor earliest full version of the Fall of Gondolin
early form of the tale of Beren and Lúthien
originallyIntendedAs part of a frame-narrative about Eriol/Ælfwine
originalMaterialDateRange circa 1910s–1920s
partOf Tolkien’s early Silmarillion tradition
legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien
precededBy The Book of Lost Tales, Part I
publicationDate 1984
publisher George Allen & Unwin
Unwin Hyman
series The History of Middle-earth
setIn Middle-earth
The Cottage of Lost Play (Kortirion)
subject Beleriand
Noldor
linked to: the Noldor

dragons
dwarves
elves
legend of Beren and Lúthien
story of Gondolin
story of Túrin Turambar
volumeNumberInSeries 2

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The History of Middle-earth volume The Book of Lost Tales, Part II
The Book of Lost Tales, Part I followedBy The Book of Lost Tales, Part II