3.5
Titus Groan
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As the novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born. He stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that form Gormenghast Castle. Meanwhile, far away and in the kitchen, a servant named Steerpike escapes his drudgework and begins an auspicious ascent to power.
Inside of Gormenghast, all events are predetermined by complex rituals, the origins of which are lost in time. The castle is peopled by dark characters in half-lit corridors. Dreamlike and macabre, Peake's extraordinary novel is one of the most astonishing and fantastic works in modern fiction.
"Mervyn Peake is a finer poet than Edgar Allan Poe, and he is therefore able to maintain his world of fantasy brilliantly through three novels. It is a very, very great work." —Robertson Davies,
-bestselling author
"A sumptuous, poetic epic . . . considered by some to have an equal or even greater degree of importance to the development of modern fantasy as Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings." —
"Mervyn Peake's gothic masterpiece, the Gormenghast trilogy, begins with the superlative
, a darkly humorous, stunningly complex tale of the first two years in the life of the heir to an ancient, rambling castle . . . This true classic is a feast of words unlike anything else in the world of fantasy. Those who explore Gormenghast castle will be richly rewarded." —
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“Let me just preface this with I always seem to struggle when reading older literature. With that being said, I was super excited to read this one but did feel a bit lost at times. Characters were very fun and quirky but I did feel as though the plot was erratic. The strongest point of this book was easily the world building. It was super easy to imagine this dark gothic time with the intricate castle. Unfortunately, I’m not sure if I’ll continue the series or not.”
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About Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) wrote plays, painted, as well as being poet, illustrator, short-story writer, and designer of theatrical costumes, as well as a novelist. Among his many books are the Gormenghast novels, Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone.
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