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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 |
Mervyn Peake
Paperback | Pages: 1173 pages Rating: 3.99 | 8146 Users | 594 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast #1-3) |
| Author | : | Mervyn Peake |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary 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Anthony Burgess and Quentin Crisp Twelve critical essays, curated by Peake scholar Peter G. Winnington Fragment of the unpublished novel, Titus AwakesRating Containing Books The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast #1-3)
Ratings: 3.99 From 8146 Users | 594 ReviewsEvaluate Containing Books The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast #1-3)
Rotting shadows and incongruous beams of light are what I remember most from this... novel, if you can call it that. Incarnation would likely be more accurate. Characters are merely spectres generated by the stones of Gormenghast Castle. The fragile mind of the author had descended just far enough to see the music in the movements of the grotesque pieces we cannot bring ourselves to look upon. Months after reading this, I'm still not entirely sure what it is that I took away from Gormenghast.Forgive the cliche, but there just are not enough stars for this trilogy. This is a masterswork about a fantastic world in a village in a castle. This is fantasy that owes absolutely nothing to Tolkien (not that I'm putting him down, LOTR is fabulous) If one thinks of Middle Earth as a Macrocosm, then Goremenghast is a Microcosm. Think of Dickens, Intoxicated with the English Language, writing a Gothic Fantasy, and you get some of the feeling. I have read this book 3 times, and I am sure I will
One reviewer once quipped that Gormenghast reads like "Dickens on crack"- a statement which, perhaps, accurately describes the weird, wonderful and whimsical world of Gormenghast; from the cantankerous Flay to the Machiavellian Steerpike, to the lachrymose Lord Gormenghast and the eccentric Doctor Prunesquallor, the cast of characters who populate the novel only serve to accentuate the outlandish and grotesque, drug-addled atmosphere which pervades the novel.Not only this, but the reader's
The world is divided in two parts: the domain of ugliness and the realm of beauty, the morass of useless and stale traditions and the enigmatic and enticing life on the land outside. And the lonely boy Titus Groan, the heir of the monstrously huge castle of Gormenghast, must grow up and fight the lethargic, deadly inertia and crush fatal cosmic evil surrounding him.And the language of the saga is a creation of an unadulterated wizardry:It gave Mr Flay what he imagined must be pleasure. He was
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
THE GORMENGHAST NOVELS by Mervyn PeakeThe castle of Gormenghast is an immense rambling structure, made up of meandering corridors, countless courtyards, towers, libraries, attics, and underground passages there are, as well, vast regions the author leaves unexplored, and it is more than likely the inhabitants have forgotten they even exist. If this were not enough, there is another tremendous landscape across the rooftops. Within this remarkable building the Groan family and its servitors enact
The kingdom of Gormenghast, a kind of gothic medieval fantasy land, is like a giant institution in which everyone, including the ruling class suffers from a sense of oppression. One senses Peake has often deployed his memories of public school for inspiration. Every character is firmly glued to his or her duties. There's little freedom of movement. Only two characters actively rebel. The malevolent and Machiavellian Steerpike and the young earl, Titus. The first thing that got my attention was
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