Those who explore Gormenghast castle will be richly rewarded. The Gormenghast Trilogy Paperback by Mervyn Peake (Author) 804 ratings Edition: 1st See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 79.03 3 Used from 56.11 6 New from 79.03 Paperback 24.00 6 New from 24.00 One of the greatest imaginative feats of the twentieth century. This true classic is a feast of words unlike anything else in the world of fantasy. Unforgettable characters with names like Steerpike and Prunesquallor make their way through an architecturally stifling world, with lots of dark corners around to dampen any whimsy that might arise. Peake has been compared to Dickens, Tolkien, and Peacock, but the Gormenghast trilogy is truly unique. On every day of the year from three hours before daybreak until about eleven o'clock, when the scaffolding and ladders became a hindrance to the cooks, the Grey Scrubbers fulfilled their hereditary calling.' 'The walls of the vast room which were streaming with calid moisture, were built with gray slabs of stone and were the personal concern of a company of eighteen men known as the 'Grey Scrubbers'. Peake's command of language and unique style set the tone and shape of an intricate, slow-moving world of ritual and stasis: The Gormenghast Trilogy ranks as one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable feats of imaginative writing. The Gormenghast royal family, the castle's decidedly eccentric staff, and the peasant artisans living around the dreary, crumbling structure make up the cast of characters in these engrossing stories. Gormenghast is the second volume in Mervyn Peake’s widely acclaimed trilogy, but it is much more than a sequel to Titus Groanit is an enrichment and deepening of that book. The trilogy continues with the novels Gormenghast and Titus Alone, and all three books are bound together in this single-volume edition.

Mervyn Peake's gothic masterpiece, the Gormenghast trilogy, begins with the superlative Titus Groan, a darkly humorous, stunningly complex tale of the first two years in the life of the heir to an ancient, rambling castle.

The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peake