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Should I read Children of Hurin after Silmarillion?
In order to have all the context and backstory, you should at least read The Silmarillion first. You can skip the chapter about the children of Húrin if you want, and move to read the referred book at this point of the story, and then continue reading The Silmarillion.
Should I read The Children of Hurin before The Silmarillion?
Considering the nature of the story’s structure, it is actually possible to read ‘The Children of Húrin’ without any prior knowledge of any events in ‘The Silmarillion’. Actually, I would urge readers to go through this book first and then tackle ‘The Silmarillion’ later on.
Can I read Children of Hurin?
Yes. It adds a lot of details that are not in the Silmarillion, though it’s not so much a different “version” as going into more detail about specific scenes. There’s also the Children of Hurin book, which is definitely worth the read, comprising of the entirety of the official story.
How long are children hurin?
The Children of Húrin
| Front cover of hardback edition | |
|---|---|
| Editor | Christopher Tolkien |
| Publication date | 2007 |
| Media type | Print (hardback, paperback); audiobook; e-book |
| Pages | 320 |
What should I read after The Silmarillion?
The Silmarillion is quite a dense read, and should probably be tackled a little later. However, an adult may be better starting off with The Lord of the Rings followed by The Children of Húrin, Unfinished Tales, The Silmarillion, and the various volumes of The History of Middle-earth.
The Children of Húrin is an epic fantasy novel which forms the completion of a tale by J. R. R. Tolkien. The story is one of three “great tales” set in the First Age of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, the other two being Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin. …