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The Gormenghast Trilogy 1: Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake

The Gormenghast Trilogy 1: Titus Groan Mervyn Peake ebook
Format: pdf
ISBN: 1585679070, 9781585679072
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Page: 496

†� Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. Rich language, amazing grotesques and a villain like none I'd ever encountered and I was hooked. I set them on my shelf and forgot about them for a couple of years, until I started reading them during my high school track meets… The books are … weird. In fact, Titus Groan is the first of a 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. First of all, anybody getting into these books This entry was posted in Book Review, Fantasy, Guest Post and tagged earl of gormenghast, gormenghast, gormenghast trilogy, mervyn peake, titus alone, titus groan. Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone. Titus Groan, 77th Earl of Gormenghast, inherits a vast castle full of eccentrics in part 1, defends it against a murderous conniver in part 2, then abandons it to plumb the terrifying outside world in part 3. Among fantasy lovers, a line is . The Gormenghast Trilogy is three books – Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone*. Well, I've finally got round to it. Why did I never read past book one? If you like a fast paced story, I would advise against the series, as Titus Groan is frequently meandering and slow. 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. Titus Groan (1946), the first book in the Gormenghast trilogy, is a panoramic depiction of the walled city of Gormenghast and its bizarre inhabitants. 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 first volume of the GORMENGHAST trilogy of fantasy novels. I've re-read the trilogy, Gormenghast, Titus Groan and Titus Alone, every few years and joy of joy my children love them too. Therefore, I warn you now, Peake is not a writer for everybody. Titus Groan is born the heir to Gormenghast castle, and finds himself in a world predetermined by complex rituals that have been made obscure by the passage of time.