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The Gormenghast Trilogy 1: Titus Groan Mervyn Peake
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I am currently reading The Gormenghast Trilogy. This lends credence to the notion, shared by Anthony Burgess, among others, that the prodigiously weird and sinister Gormenghast novels — Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950) and Titus Alone (1959) — are Peake's response to World War II. After spotting a nice hardcover illustrated edition last summer, I put it on my wish list, and dear Sinterklaas brought me the book a couple of weeks ago. Among fantasy lovers, a line is . This year marks the 60th anniversary of the publishing of the first part of Mervyn Peake's Gothic trilogy. But a pub discussion about Titus Groan and his adventures meant I picked it up to find out what all the fuss was about. The one my readers are more likely to have seen was used by the quirky author Mervyn Peake to raise the curtain on his very weird gothic fantasy, Titus Groan, the first book of the Gormenghast trilogy. Ah, the joy of getting lost in another's imagination. Product Details: Publisher: Weybright and Talley; Revised edition (1967) Language: English ASIN: B000HKGBIS Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches. I, my dear readers, am being truly pulled into it's confines. And remain to this day, approaching the challenge of redefining the Hamilton Arts Council puts me in mind of one among many stirring passages Mervyn Peake wrote in The Gormenghast Trilogy's first book, Titus Groan:. The Gormenghast Trilogy is three books – Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone*. This edition includes 'Titus Groan', 'Gormenghast' and 'Titus Alone'. Titus Groan (The Gormenghast Trilogy, Vol. So last weekend I was invited to a play of Gormenghast: Titus Groan by Blackshaw Theatre at St Paul's Church in Covent Garden. Titus Groan: Book 1 of the Gormanghast Trilogy, Mervyn Peake. I read Peake's Gormenghast trilogy in my middle teen years (1969-70), after having been enthralled by Tolkien's The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Gormenghast Readalong: Week One of Titus Groan.