The Children of Húrin. Christopher Tolkien

NARN I CHÎN HÚRIN

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      Contents

       COVER PAGE

       TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

NOTE ON PRONUNCIATION

CHAPTER I: THE CHILDHOOD OF TÚRIN

CHAPTER II: THE BATTLE OF UNNUMBERED TEARS

CHAPTER III: THE WORDS OF HÚRIN AND MORGOTH

CHAPTER IV: THE DEPARTURE OF TÚRIN

       CHAPTER V: TÚRIN IN DORIATH

       CHAPTER VI: TÚRIN AMONG THE OUTLAWS

       CHAPTER VII: OF MÎM THE DWARF

       CHAPTER VIII: THE LAND OF BOW AND HELM

       CHAPTER IX: THE DEATH OF BELEG

       CHAPTER X: TÚRIN IN NARGOTHROND

       CHAPTER XI: THE FALL OF NARGOTHROND

       CHAPTER XII: THE RETURN OF TÚRIN TO DOR-LÓMIN CHAPTER

       CHAPTER XIII: THE COMING OF TÚRIN INTO BRETHIL

       CHAPTER XIV: THE JOURNEY OF MORWEN AND NIËNOR TO NARGOTHROND

       CHAPTER XV: NIËNOR IN BRETHIL

       CHAPTER XVI: THE COMING OF GLAURUNG

       CHAPTER XVII: THE DEATH OF GLAURUNG

       CHAPTER XVIII: THE DEATH OF TÚRIN

       GENEALOGIES

       APPENDIX

       LIST OF NAMES IN THE TALE OF THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN

       NOTE ON THE MAP

       WORKS BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN

       ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

      Illustrations

       Húrin and Huor are Carried to Gondolin

       Heir of the House of Hador

       Húrin Rides to the Nirnaeth Anoediad

       The Host of Fingon

       Haudh-en-Nirnaeth, the Mound of Tears

       The Words of Húrin and Morgoth

       The Departure of Túrin

       Nellas and Túrin in the Woods of Doriath

       Beleg Departs from Menegroth

       Beleg and Anglachel

       Túrin is Surrounded by the Outlaws