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How long does it take to read The Silmarillion?
7 hours and 22 minutes
The average reader will spend 7 hours and 22 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute).
How many words long is The Silmarillion?
by J. R. R. Tolkien
| (about 520 pages) 130,112 total words 89th PERCENTILE of all the books in our library | 39.63% vividness 29th PERCENTILE of all the books in our library |
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| 2.42% all adverbs 17th PERCENTILE of all the books in our library | 0.31% ly-adverbs 1st PERCENTILE of all the books in our library |
How many pages is Silmarillion?
365
The Silmarillion
| 1977 George Allen & Unwin hardback edition. It features Tolkien’s drawing of Lúthien Tinúviel’s emblem. | |
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| Editor | Christopher Tolkien with Guy Gavriel Kay |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 365 |
| Award | Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1978) |
How many pages is The Silmarillion?
Is The Silmarillion worth reading?
The only people I know who have read it are huge Tolkien nerds and they all say it’s one of the greatest books ever written.
Is Silmarillion worth reading?
Which is the longest LOTR book?
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is the longest of the three books in the trilogy. The original first edition of the book contained 423 pages. The Return of the King is the second-longest with 419 pages, and The Two Towers is the shortest with only 352 pages in the first edition.
Can a novel be 100 pages?
Definition of a novella The novella typically runs about a hundred pages, though it can run a bit longer. But usually the novella is designated by word count, not page count.
What age should read The Silmarillion?
Read to them as early as 5th grade is safe. That 10-11 years old. And that would be the hobbit. It’s shorter so don’t stretch attention span too much.
What grade level is The Silmarillion?
The Silmarillion
| Interest Level | Reading Level | ATOS |
|---|---|---|
| Grades 7 – K | Grades 8 – 12 | 7.9 |
Who is the author of The Silmarillion?
The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien. The Silmarillion is a collection of mythopoeic works by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, edited and published posthumously by his son, Christopher Tolkien, in 1977, with assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay.
Should I read The Silmarillion?
It’s been compared to the Old Testament, and that’s still the best analogy; if you think that Moses leading his people out of Egypt is the stuff of grand drama, then this is the book for you, Tolkien fan or not. If you don’t, then you probably ought to give The Silmarillion a pass, no matter how much you liked Tolkien’s other work.
Where does The Silmarillion take place?
The Silmarillion, along with J.R.R. Tolkien’s other works, forms an extensive, though incomplete, narrative that describes the universe of Eä in which are found the lands of Valinor, Beleriand, Númenor, and Middle-earth, within which The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place.
Why did Tolkien abandon the Silmarillion?
But Tolkien never abandoned The Silmarillion, he regarded it as the most important of his work, seeing in its tales the genesis of Middle-earth and later events as told in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.