Titus Groan, Mervyn Peake
Titus Groan, Mervyn Peake
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Titus Groan

Author: Mervyn Peake

Narrator: Rupert Degas

Abridged: 5 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 01/31/2011

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy


Synopsis

Deep in the labyrinthine corridors of Gormenghast Castle, a child is born. Titus, 77th Earl of Groan, is heir to arcane and all-embracing rituals that determine the activities of everyone from Lord Sepulchrave, his father, to the vast cook, Swelter, and the irrepressible Dr Prunesquallor. But not the steely and devious Steerpike, who will lie, cheat and even murder to get on. One of the greatest feats of sustained imaginative writing, the world of Gormenghast Castle is brilliantly realised in this darkly fantastic novel. Its rich description and vivid characters make it one of the most enduringly popular works of the 20th century.

About Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Laurence Peake (1911–1968) is an author best known for his Gormenghast fantasy fiction trilogy. He also published illustrated verse and short stories for children, plays, short stories, and novels. He was awarded the W. H. Heinemann Foundation Prize by the Royal Society of Literature in 1950. He was born and raised in China until the age of eleven. He went on to study at the Royal Academy School in London, where he developed as an artist, designer, and writer. He worked as an artist on the island of Sark for several years and then returned to London to hold several exhibitions of his artwork.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

What an odd fantasy! No swords, no sorcery, no elves, no thieves, no imaginary beasts, no multiple planes of existence . . . nothing but a cavernous castle peopled by eccentrics with Dickensian names (Sepulchrave, Prunesquallor, Swelter, Flay) whose lives are determined by centuries--perhaps milleni......more

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......more

Goodreads review by HaMiT

تا یه جاهایی از کتاب که رسیده بودم دیگه ذهنم درگیر این موضوع شد که چرا این کتاب در مقایسه با ارباب حلقه‌ها تا این اندازه کمتر دیده شده. درسته آثار تالکین و دنیای عظیمی که خلق کرده محشره ولی یه همچین کتابی که 8 سال قبل از یاران حلقه منتشر شده هم دیگه نباید اینقدر مهجور میموند حتی خودمم قبل از اینکه نش......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

As I was reading this, I kept thinking of all the great and richly-detailed fantasies I've ever read, from Tad Williams to Robin Hobb, and then I just had to look up when this book had come out. You see, I have this thing. I like to read a book, or at least books that are considered classics or the b......more