刚多林的陷落 | The Fall of Gondolin (Middle-earth Universe) by J.R.R. Tolkien mobi epub azw3 pdf audiobook 英文电子书有声书音频下载

In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manw?, chief of the Valar: he is called the Lord of Waters, of all seas, lakes, and rivers under the sky. But he works in secret in Middle-earth to support the Noldor, the kindred of the Elves among whom were numbered Húrin and Túrin Turambar.

Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable. It was built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who, when they dwelt in Valinor, the land of the gods, rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth. Turgon King of Gondolin is hated and feared above all his enemies by Morgoth, who seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city, while the gods in Valinor in heated debate largely refuse to intervene in support of Ulmo’s desires and designs.文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/2150.html

Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin, the instrument of Ulmo’s designs. Guided unseen by him Tuor sets out from the land of his birth on the fearful journey to Gondolin, and in one of the most arresting moments in the history of Middle-earth the sea-god himself appears to him, rising out of the ocean in the midst of a storm. In Gondolin he becomes great; he is wedded to Idril, Turgon’s daughter, and their son is E?rendel, whose birth and profound importance in days to come is foreseen by Ulmo.文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/2150.html

At last comes the terrible ending. Morgoth learns through an act of supreme treachery all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on the city, with Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs. After a minutely observed account of the fall of Gondolin, the tale ends with the escape of Túrin and Idril, with the child E?rendel, looking back from a cleft in the mountains as they flee southward, at the blazing wreckage of their city. They were journeying into a new story, the Tale of E?rendel, which Tolkien never wrote, but which is sketched out in this book from other sources.文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/2150.html

Following his presentation of Beren and Lúthien Christopher Tolkien has used the same ‘history in sequence’ mode in the writing of this edition of The Fall of Gondolin. In the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, it was ‘the first real story of this imaginary world’ and, together with Beren and Lúthien and The Children of Húrin, he regarded it as one of the three ‘Great Tales’ of the Elder Days.文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/2150.html

这个述及图奥在刚多林的旅居、他与伊缀尔·凯勒布琳达尔的结合、埃雅仁迪尔的出生、迈格林的背叛、城邦的陷落和幸存者的逃离的故事，这个在家父对第一纪元的想象中处于核心地位的故事，家父平生写出的完整版本却仅有一个，便是那部创作于青年时代的文稿，这样的事实可谓极不寻常。——克里斯托弗·托尔金文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/2150.html

继《贝伦与露西恩》《胡林的子女》之后，《刚多林的陷落》作为中洲远古时代的三大传说最终章，见证了第一纪元终于走向终结。这三大传说既是《魔戒》那宏大背景的组成部分，更是《精灵宝钻》必不可少的基石。文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/2150.html

《刚多林的陷落》也是克里斯托弗·托尔金编辑整理的最后一部托尔金作品。文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/2150.html