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<p>A doomed lord, an emergent hero, and a dazzling array of bizarre creatures inhabit the magical world of the Gormenghast novels which, along with Tolkien's <i>Lord of the Rings</i>, reign as one of the undisputed fantasy classics of all time. At the center of it all is the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, who stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that form Gormenghast Castle and its kingdom, unless the conniving Steerpike, who is determined to rise above his menial position and control the House of Groan, has his way. <br><br>In these extraordinary novels, Peake has created a world where all is like a dream—lush, fantastical, and vivid. Accompanying the text are Peake's own drawings, illustrating the whole assembly of strange and marvelous creatures that inhabit Gormenghast.<br><BR>* Introductory Essays by Anthony Burgess and Quentin Crisp<br><BR>* Twelve critical essays<br><BR>* Fragment of the unpublished novel, <i>Titus Awakes</i> <br><br>"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 . . . a classic of our age." — Robert
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- Author
- Mervyn Peake [Peake, Mervyn]
- Publisher
- Overlook Press; Overlook TP
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780879516284
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (6,195 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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