Beren and Lúthien
Front cover of the 2017 hardback edition | |
| Editor | Christopher Tolkien |
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| Author | J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Illustrator | Alan Lee |
| Cover artist | Alan Lee |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Tolkien's legendarium |
| Genre | High fantasy |
| Published | 2017 |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 297 |
| ISBN | 978-0-00-821419-7 |
| Preceded by | The Children of Húrin |
| Followed by | The Fall of Gondolin |
Beren and Lúthien is a 2017 compilation of multiple versions of the epic fantasy Lúthien and Beren by J. R. R. Tolkien, one of Tolkien's earliest tales of Middle-earth. It is one of what he called the three Great Tales in his legendarium. Edited by Christopher Tolkien, it tells the story of the love and adventures of the mortal Man Beren and the immortal Elf-maiden Lúthien. Tolkien wrote several versions of their tale, the last in The Silmarillion, and it is mentioned in The Lord of the Rings at the Council of Elrond. The action takes place during the First Age of Middle-earth, about 6,500 years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien found the inspiration for many of the ideas presented in the tale in his love for his wife Edith, and after her death had "Lúthien" engraved on her tombstone, and later "Beren" on his own.