A tour de force that ranks as one of the twentieth century's most remarkable feats of imaginative writing. 'Peake's books are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience' C.S. Lewis
The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy: Trilogy
✍ Scribed by Mervyn Peake
- Publisher
- Vintage Digital;Vintage Classic
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Edition
- New ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0099528541
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✦ Synopsis
A tour de force that ranks as one of the twentieth century's most remarkable feats of imaginative writing.
'Peake's books are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience' C.S. Lewis
Enter the world of Gormenghast. The vast crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is Lord and heir. Titus is expected to rule this Gothic labyrinth of turrets and dungeons, cloisters and corridors as well as the eccentric and wayward subject. Things are changing in the castle and Titus must contend with a kingdom about to implode beneath the weight of centuries of intrigue, treachery, manipulation and murder.
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