The Silmarillion – J. R. R. Tolkien Free Audiobook

Written by J. R. R. Tolkien
Read by Martin Shaw
Format: Mixed
Bitrate: 256 Kbps
Unabridged

The complete unabridged audiobook of J.R.R Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, read by Martin Shaw. Captured from the audio cassettes at 96 kHz, noramalized to -3 dB with mild targeted hiss reduction, before being converted. Contains two versions, MP3 (44.1 kHz at 256 Kbps) and M4B (48 kHz), both chapterized. M4B is split into three volumes (same as the tapes).

Also includes maps and genealogies.

The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor.

Included in the book are several shorter works. The ‘Ainulindalë’ is a myth of the Creation and in the ‘Valaquenta’ the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The ‘Akallabêth’ recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age, and ‘Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age’ tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings.