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First published between 1946 and 1959, this trilogy consists of "Titus Groan", "Gormenghast" and "Titus Alone". Gormenghast is a vast crumbling castle to which the 77th Earl, Titus Groan, is lord and heir. It is also a cobwebbed kingdom of Byzantine government and age-old ritual.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the few square centimetres inside your head, 1 Nov 2003

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This review is from: The Gormenghast Trilogy (Paperback)

Reading this book is like being fully immersed in an utterly fantastic world. The way of life is described in microscopic detail until the existance of a world outside gormenghast becomes unreal. When Titus ventures out of the castle, the world (and indeed our world) by comparison is a pale, washed out image of reality. This is a book with which I have become far more emotionally involved than anything I have read before or since. Every reading feels like a homecoming. Peake's imagery is beautifully, indulgently rich, and the prose has been written with constant precision I defy you to find one single line which does not read like poetry.

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4.0 out of 5 stars good book, bad edition, 26 Nov 2004

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This review is from: The Gormenghast Trilogy (Paperback)

The book itself is excellent, great atmosphere etc. as everyone else has already said...however I give it 4 stars and am writing on here due to the fact that it's absolutely full of printing errors and has a habit of turning phrases like 'a long finger' into 'along finger'.

So if that kind of thing annoys you...just a warning.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gothic heaven, 26 Oct 2000

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This review is from: The Gormenghast Trilogy: Titus Groan, Gormenghast, Titus Alone (Paperback)

There is no other book that I can think of that transported me so completely into its world as The Gormenghast Trilogy. Never before have I been so utterly absorbed by a book (and I've read a lot of books). When I finished it and was singing its praises to my friends, a few people said 'What happens in it then?' to which I found myself replying, 'Well, that doesn't really matter'. Because the thing that makes the Gormenghast books enchanting is the detail, the description, the characters. One of the things that I most loved was that initially, none of the characters seemed to have any redeeming features at all, but as the trilogy progressed, they became more and more complex and started to surprise me. Peake's characters are often compared to those of Dickens, but despite the fantastic setting, they will seem more real and vivid to you than anything Dickens ever wrote.

By the way, the accident in the schoolroom in Vol 2 is one of the funniest things I have ever read, although like everything in the Gormenghast trilogy, it's very, very dark. I can't say that Gormenghast was the most cheerful thing I've ever read, but as soon as I'd finished it, I started straight again.

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2.0 out of 5 stars barlow of bodiam
I found that this book was like watching paint dry. Not being one to give up on books, I read it all, and to be fair the first book was beautifully prosaic and colourful. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Mrs. Jennifer M. Morris

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply one of the greatest imaginitive works of the twentieth century
Dark, amusing, labyrinthine, Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy is, quite simply, a work of genius.

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Published 8 months ago by Blue Yates

3.0 out of 5 stars A review of this edition - not the story
Poorly edited; this is a shame as it's a fine modern Gothic story. Recommend getting the three books individually instead.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Enter the world of Peake
Brilliant .... at least, the first two books. The third is clearly the product of a man rapidly losing his grip. Read more

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3.0 out of 5 stars long and slow, but deep
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gormenghast
This is quite simply the best book I have ever read. Nothing quite compares. If you are trying to decide whether to read this book, I urge you to do so. Read more

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