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Epic Fantasy

The Children of Húrin

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  • 2001 first published
  • 313 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (39 ratings)
  • 59 editions
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J.R.R. Tolkien's The Children of Húrin (2001) is an epic fantasy novel. It takes readers to Beleriand and Middle Earth in the First Age. It features Túrin. Readers will find themes of Tragedy, curses, Incest and Fantastique.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 39 ratings, and 125 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 59 editions across 12 languages. It appeared on the New York Times Trade Fiction Paperback bestseller list in 2008.

It runs to roughly 313 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Children of Húrin

The ‘Great Tale’ of The Children of Húrin, set during the legendary time before The Lord of the Rings. Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Turin and his sister Nienor will be tragically entwined. Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Hurin, the man who dared to defy him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire. Sardonic and mocking, Glaurung manipulates the fates of Turin and Nienor by lies of diabolic cunning and guile, in an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth.
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Awards & lists

  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Trade Fiction Paperback, 2008

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

  • First Age
  • F.A. 500s

Characters

  • Túrin

Subjects

  • Middle Earth, Imaginary place
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Tierra Media, Lugar imaginario
  • Novela fantástica
  • Middle earth, Imaginary place
  • Epic fantasy
  • British and irish fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • Tragedy
  • Curses
  • Incest
  • Fantastique
  • Vengeance

Quick answers

Who wrote The Children of Húrin?

The Children of Húrin was written by J.R.R. Tolkien and first published in 2001.

What genre is The Children of Húrin?

It is usually shelved as Epic Fantasy.

How long is The Children of Húrin?

The median edition has 313 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Children of Húrin?

Readers who like it often enjoy Elantris, A Court of Mist and Fury and The Scarletti curse.

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