The Book of Lost Tales Part Two

This article is about second Part. For Part One, see The Book of Lost Tales Part One.

The Book of Lost Tales Part Two
Author	J.R.R. Tolkien
Editor(s)	Christopher Tolkien
Topic(s)	High fantasy Literary studies
Pages	400
Released	August 16, 1984 (UK) November 26, 1984 (US)
Publisher	George Allen & Unwin (United Kingdom) Houghton Mifflin (US)
ISBN 0-395-36614-3

Hardcover cover design

The Book of Lost Tales Part Two is the second part of Christopher Tolkien's twelve-volume series The History of Middle-earth, in which he analyses the unpublished manuscripts of his father J.R.R. Tolkien.

It follows, and is generally published separately from, Part One.

Content

The Book of Lost Tales contains the first versions of the stories which would later become The Silmarillion, and is notable because, while very primitive in style and content, it is very close to the later work in many ways. Each of the Tales is followed by notes and a detailed commentary by Christopher Tolkien.

While many of the names in the book are identical or close to those in the later versions, some of them bear almost no resemblance to their final forms. J.R.R. Tolkien emended names of characters and places rather frequently, sometimes with several new variants (rejected in turn) written in a single manuscript. Confusingly, sometimes the name applied to one thing is later used to refer to a different thing, the original use abandoned. As an example, the house of Elves called "Teleri" in The Book of Lost Tales is not the same as that in The Silmarillion (see Teleri). The original usage of "Teleri" would eventually change until the name became "Vanyar". Meanwhile, the house of Elves called "Solosimpi" would inherit the name "Teleri".

The framework for the book is that a mortal Man visits the Isle of Tol Eressëa, where the Elves live. In the earlier versions of the "Lost Tales" this man is named Eriol, of some vague north European origin, but in later versions he becomes Ælfwine, an Englishman of the Middle-ages.

There are more changes visible within the book, and it is not internally consistent, partially because even while still writing it Tolkien began rewriting earlier parts as his ideas about the world changed. The Tales were eventually abandoned, but they were resurrected in part as the "Sketch of the Mythology" which would become The Silmarillion.

For publication the book was split into two volumes: The Book of Lost Tales Part One and The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, but this is simply an editorial division. Both volumes are comprised of several "Lost Tales", which can be considered as either chapters or simply "parts".

Table of Contents

1. "The Tale of Tinúviel" — the first version of the tale of Beren and Lúthien
2. "Turambar and the Foalókë" — the first version of the Túrin saga
3. "The Fall of Gondolin" — the full narrative of the Fall of Gondolin
4. "The Nauglafring" — a story which was "lost" (in that it never was rewritten in full) and mostly excluded from the later Silmarillion.
5. "The Tale of Eärendel" — the only full narrative of Eärendil's travels
6. "The History of Eriol or Ælfwine and the End of the Tales" — an essay about the changes in the framework, and the "unwritten" tales

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Die Boek van Verlore Verhale Deel Twee
Albanian	Pjesa e dytë e librit të tregimeve të humbura
Arabic	كتاب الحكايات المفقودة الجزء الثاني
Armenian	Կորցրած հեքիաթների գրքի երկրորդ մասը
Azerbaijani	İtirilmiş nağıl kitabının ikinci hissəsi
Basque	Galdutako ipuinen liburuaren bigarren zatia
Belarusian Cyrillic	Кніга згубленых паданняў Частка другая
Bengali	লস্ট টেলস বই দ্বিতীয় অংশ
Bosnian	Drugi deo knjige izgubljenih priča
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Книгата на изгубените приказки Част втора
Cambodian	សៀវភៅរឿងនិទានដែលបាត់បង់បានជាផ្នែកទីពីរ
Catalan	El llibre dels Contes Perduts II
Chinese	丢失的故事书第二部分
Croatian	Knjiga izgubljeni priče, drugi dio
Czech	Kniha ztracených příběhů Část druhá
Danish	Tolkiens Bog med Glemte Fortællinger - 2. del
Dutch	Het Boek van Verloren Verhalen Deel twee
Fijian	Na iVola i buli Yali e Wase Rua
Finnish	Kadonneitten tarujen kirja Toinen osa
French	Le Livre des Contes Perdus Deuxième partie
Galician	O Libro dos perdidos Contos Parte Dous
Georgian	დაკარგული მოთხრობების წიგნი ნაწილი II
German	Das Buch der Verschollenen Geschichten, Teil Zwei
Greek	Το Βιβλίο των Χαμένων Ιστοριών, μέρος ΙΙ
Hebrew	ספר סיפורים לאיבוד חלק שני
Hindi	खोई हुई दास्तां की किताब भाग दो
Hungarian	Az elveszett mesék könyve Rész kettő
Icelandic	Bókin um Týndar Sögur Hluti tvö
Indonesian	Buku cerita hilang bagian dua
Irish Gaelic	An Leabhar na Caillte Scéalta Páirt a dó
Italian	I Libro di Racconti Perduti Parte seconda
Japanese	失われた物語パート2の本
Kazakh	Жоғалған ертегілер кітабы екіге бөлінеді (Cyrillic) Joğalğan ertegiler kitabı ekige bölinedi (Latin)
Korean	잃어버린 테일즈 2 부의도 서
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	жоголгон жомоктору китебинде эки бөлүк ?
Latvian	Otrā daļa zaudēta pasaku grāmata
Lithuanian	Prarastųjų istorijų knyga, 2 dalis
Luxembourgish	D'Buch vun Verluere goufen Geschichten Deel zwee
Macedonian Cyrillic	Книга за изгубени приказни втор дел
Malagasy	Ny Bokin' ny Tantara Very Ampahany Roa
Malaysian	Buku Kisah Hilang Bahagian Dua
Mongolian Cyrillic	Алдагдсан үлгэрийн номын хоёрдугаар хэсэг
Norwegian	Boken av Tapt Historier Del To
Pashto	د ورک شوو کیسوونو کتاب دوه برخې دي
Persian	کتاب داستان های گمشده قسمت دوم
Polish	Księga zaginionych opowieści Część druga
Portuguese	O Livro dos contos perdidos, Parte Dois
Punjabi	ਬੁੱਕ ਆਫ ਲੌਸਟ ਟੇਲਜ਼ ਦੇ ਦੋ ਭਾਗ
Romanian	Cartea poveștilor pierdute 2
Russian	Книга утраченных сказаний Tом Второй
Serbian	Књига изгубљених прича, други том (Cyrillic) Knjiga izgubljenih priča, drugi tom (Latin)
Scottish Gaelic	An Leabhar nan Sgeulachdan caillte Pàirt a Dhà
Sinhalese	අහිමි කථා පොතේ දෙවන කොටස ?
Slovak	Kniha stratených príbehov druhá časť
Slovenian	Knjiga izgubljene zgodbe del dva
Spanish	El libro de cuentos perdidos, Segunda parte
Swedish	De Förlorade Sagornas Bok Del två
Tajik Cyrillic	Қисми дуюми китоби талоқҳои гумшуда
Tamil	இழந்த கதைகள் நூல் பாகம் இரண்டு
Telugu	ది బుక్ ఆఫ్ లాస్ట్ టేల్స్ పార్ట్ టూ
Thai	หนังสือนิทานที่หายไปส่วนที่สอง
Tongan	Konga ua 'a e tohi 'o e ngaahi talanoa loi kuo mole
Turkish	Kayıp Öyküler Kitabı 2
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Книга Втрачених сказань Частина друга
Urdu	کھو کہانیوں کی کتاب حصہ دو
Uzbek	Йўқотилган ҳикоялар китоби Иккинчи қисм (Cyrillic) Yo'qotilgan hikoyalar kitobi Ikkinchi qism (Latin)
Vietnamese	Cuốn Sách của Câu chuyện Bị mất Phần Hai
Welsh	Llyfr Hanesion Golli Rhan dau
Yiddish	דער ספר פון לאָסט טאַלעס טייל צוויי

J.R.P.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
Published works	The Hobbit (1937) • The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring [1954] • The Two Towers [1954] • The Return of the King [1955]) • The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book [1962] • The Road Goes Ever On: A Song Cycle [1967]
Posthumous publications	Bilbo's Last Song [1974] • The Silmarillion [1977] • Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth [1980] The History of Middle-earth (The Book of Lost Tales Part One [1983] • The Book of Lost Tales Part Two [1984] • The Lays of Beleriand [1985] • The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta, and The Annals [1986] • The Lost Road and Other Writings [1987] • The Return of the Shadow [1988] • The Treason of Isengard [1989] • The War of the Ring [1990] • Sauron Defeated [1992] • Morgoth's Ring [1993] • The War of the Jewels [1994] • The Peoples of Middle-earth [1996] • Index [2006]) The Great Tales of Middle-earth (The Children of Húrin [2007] • Beren and Lúthien [2017] • The Fall of Gondolin [2018]) The Nature of Middle-earth [2021] • The Fall of Númenor [2022] • The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien [2024] Articles about Middle-earth by... Category • Name • Writings • Characters • Living Creatures • Rivers • Realms • Ages