• The Children of Hurin is a fantasy fiction novel written by J.R.R. Tolkien that takes place before The Lord of the Rings.

  The original version of the story was written in the 1910s by Tolkien but never finished before his death in 1973. Christopher Tolkien, his son, edited the manuscripts and published them in 2007.

• Fast Facts

  1. Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
  2. Edited by: Christopher Tolkien
  3. Illustrator: Alan Lee
  4. Genre: Fantasy Fiction Novel
  5. Publication: April 17, 2007
  6. Publisher: HarperCollins
  7. Pages: 313
  8. ISBN 9780618894642
  9. Story based on the tale of Finnish folk hero Kullervo

• Plot Synopsis

  The Children of Hurin takes place in the fantasy world, middle-earth during the time before The Lord of the Rings. It is an in-depth retelling of the story of Hurin's cursed son Turin Turambar and Turin's sister Nienor Niniel.

• Critical Reception

  "If anyone still labors under the delusion that J.R.R. Tolkien was a writer of twee fantasies for children, this novel should set them straight. A bleak, darkly beautiful tale played out against the background of the First Age of Tolkien's Middle Earth, The Children of Hurin possesses the mythic resonance and grim sense of inexorable fate found in Greek tragedy." - Washington Post

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