THE LOST ROAD AND OTHER WRITINGS

'''The Lost Road and Other Writings''' is the fifth volume of ''The History of Middle-earth'', a series of compilations of drafts and essays written by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was edited and published posthumously in 1987 by Christopher Tolkien.
It contains the following pieces:
# "The Early History of the Legend" - an introduction to the following two pieces, detailing how Tolkien's correspondence with C. S. Lewis led to the writing of ''The Lost Road''.
# ''The Fall of Númenor'' - an early draft of the ''Akallabêth''
# ''The Lost Road'' - a story that connects Tolkien's other tales to the present
# The later ''Annals of Beleriand''
# The later ''Annals of Valinor''
# The ''Ainulindalë'' - an early version of ''The Music of the Ainur''
# ''The Lhammas'' ("Account of Tongues") - an overview of the various languages of the Elves
# ''Quenta Silmarillion'' - a draft of ''The Silmarillion''
# The ''Etymologies'' - a long list of words and roots, the best source on Elvish languages
# The second Silmarillion map

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