The Fall of Gondolin
 Front cover of the 2018 hardback edition, with a painting by Alan Lee | |
| 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 | 2018 |
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| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 978-0008302757 |
| Preceded by | Beren and Lúthien |
The Fall of Gondolin is a 2018 compilation of multiple versions of the epic fantasy story about Gondolin by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by his son Christopher. The story is one of three "Great Tales" set in the First Age of Tolkien's Middle-earth, the other two being The Children of Húrin and Beren and Lúthien. All three stories are briefly summarised in the 1977 book The Silmarillion.
A version of the story also appears in The Book of Lost Tales. In the narrative, Gondolin was founded by King Turgon in the First Age. The city was carefully hidden, enduring for centuries before being betrayed and destroyed. Written in 1917, it is one of the first stories of Tolkien's legendarium.