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Original Title:	Titus Groan / Gormenghast / Titus Alone
ISBN:	0879516283 (ISBN13: 9780879516284)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Gormenghast #1-3
Characters:	Titus Groan, Steerpike, Dr. Alfred Prunesquallor, Lord Sepulchrave, Mr. Flay, Abiatha Swelter, Gertrude Groan, Fuchsia Groan, Keda, Nannie Slagg, Cora Groan, Clarice Groan
Setting:	Gormenghast

The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast #1-3)

Mervyn Peake

Paperback | Pages: 1173 pages

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Title	:	The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast #1-3)
Author	:	Mervyn Peake
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 1173 pages
Published	:	December 1995 by Overlook Press (first published 1959)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Classics. Gothic. Novels. Literature. Science Fiction Fantasy

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A doomed lord, an emergent hero, and a dazzling array of bizarre creatures inhabit the magical world of the Gormenghast novels which, along with Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, reign as one of the undisputed fantasy classics of all time. At the center of it all is the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, who stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that form Gormenghast Castle and its kingdom, unless the conniving Steerpike, who is determined to rise above his menial position and control the House of Groan, has his way.

In these extraordinary novels, Peake has created a world where all is like a dream - lush, fantastical, and vivid. Accompanying the text are Peake's own drawings, illustrating the whole assembly of strange and marvelous creatures that inhabit Gormenghast.

Also featuring:
Introductory essays by Anthony Burgess and Quentin Crisp
Twelve critical essays, curated by Peake scholar Peter G. Winnington
Fragment of the unpublished novel, Titus Awakes

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Last read by me : about a hundred years ago. Would this favourite from my youthy youth stand up to mature scrutiny? Short answer : YES! Gormenghast is still wonderful, grotesque, and more than a little outrageous. I remembered its many logorrheic delights and here they were, intact : spilth, rabous, fumid, lapsury, abactimal, and many other fulminant obscurities were all present and correct and spooled out in sentence upon long, involved sentence. But its not just the words, its the order he

I know of no author in all of the English language who is like Peake, or who could aspire to be like him. His voice is as unique as that of Milton, Bierce, Conrad, Blake, Donne, or Eliot, and as fully-realized. I am a hard and critical man, cynical and not easily moved, but there are passages in the Gormenghast series which so shocked me by the force of their beauty that I snap the book shut, overwhelmed with wonderment, and take a moment to catch my breath.I would drop my head. My eyes would

There is much to say, and Peake used an awful lot of words himself.The writing is sometimes of Shakespearean quality at other times you will think of Dickens and Poe. Sometimes punches are delivered with overwhelming power, other times a scene is build up so elaborately and slowly it makes you wonder if time has indeed stopped. At well over 1000 pages, excluding all the extras, you are starting a long journey. I made a few pit stops on my way, relaxing with some less demanding books, and I

Don't compare to lord of the rings..compare to Kafka, Poe, Lewis Carroll,or maybe Edward Gorey..a mostly drop dead funny book(or books) that retains a sense of unbearable grimness.

''{...}what haunts the heart will, when it is found, leap foremost, blinding the eye and leaving the main of Life in darkness. {}A beautiful example of the Fantasy genre done right. Mervyn Peake built a realistic world, full of evil, gentle, quirky, fascinating, unforgettable characters. The brightest of them all is Steerpike (the protagonist in Titus Groan and Gormenghast. A deliciously evil mastermind we love to hate. (view spoiler)[Also, the tragic character of Fuchsia will break your heart

Someone please give me the power to finish trudging through this book. Interesting idea & setting, but the writing is T.E.D.I.O.U.S.I love nice descriptive writing as much as the next reader, but this is kind of ridiculous.

Got, oh, maybe 150 pages into this and couldn't get excited about it, so I gave up.I have repeatedly been told of the mastery of this book. Perhaps I just wasn't in the right mood. In general, I do go for dark and intricate and elaborate. But I just couldn't make myself care about this world or its people. I couldn't get into the right "suspension of disbelief" mindset -- kept having intrusive thoughts like, "Wait, where do the inhabitants of this castle get food from?" or, "Wait, I've seen