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The Fall of Gondolin
- ナレーター： Timothy West, Samuel West
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The Fall of Gondolin
あらすじ・解説
Presented for the first time as a standalone work, the epic tale of The Fall of Gondolin reunites fans of The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings with Elves, Balrogs, Dragons & Orcs and the rich landscape unique to Tolkien’s Middle-earth. This brand new unabridged audio book is read by Timothy West & Samuel West.
Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable, is central to the enmity of two of the greatest powers in the world.
Morgoth of the uttermost evil seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city of his Elven enemies, while the gods in Valinor refuse to support Ulmo Lord of Waters' designs to protect it.
Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin, and guided unseen by Ulmo he sets out on the fearful journey to Gondolin to warn them of their coming doom. Then 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.
批評家のレビュー
"Never did [Tolkien] write a more sustained account of battle. With dragons and fiery balrogs galore, the attack on Gondolin makes Peter Jackson’s souped-up cinema battles look like tabletop games." (The Times)
"It’s a load-bearing pillar in the grander narrative that eventually came to encompass better-known works. Tolkien explicitly expressed his wish later in life that the three Great Tales of Middle-earth’s early days — The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, and The Fall of Gondolin — along with The Lord of the Rings and other writings, should be considered as 'one long Saga of the Jewels and the Rings'." (Entertainment Weekly)
"The text is rife with references to characters and creatures that come to play a role in The Lord of the Rings...one passage in particular seems to set up one of the most famous scenes from the LOTR trilogy." (Time)
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総合評価4 out of 5 stars
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ナレーション5 out of 5 stars
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ストーリー4 out of 5 stars
- Thorfinn Tait
- 2020/03/01
Three versions of the tale, tragically unfinished
The third and last version presented here is the same one previously published in Unfinished Tales. Stemming as it does from the same period as the Lord of the Rings, it is truly tragic that it was never completed — even if the circumstances, also recounted in this volume, are quite understandable.
The rest of the tale is available in two previous forms, both dating from much earlier in the life of the author.
The first is actually rather detailed, including many characters and details of Gondolin not included elsewhere, as well as a very detailed account of the siege and destruction of the city itself.
Sadly, the mode of the writing is a little uncomfortable, and differing names and styles are wearing on the reader.
Nevertheless, I found many parts of this very really version to be quite riveting, and on the whole it is very much with reading.
In an ideal world, JRR Tolkien would have finished the third version, including and doubtless expanding upon the great details from the first version. But since that was not to be, all we can do is read this volume and imagine what could have been.
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