![]() But it is also pure fantasy, a totally original creation" (Burgess). "It is, if you wish, an allegory of what had been happening in Europe during the time when Peake was writing the book. Yet it is unutterably strange, a tragicomedy of fantastic dimensions… Once experienced, the world and the characters of Titus Groan cannot be forgotten" (Pringle). Frequently described as 'Gothic,' Titus Groan contains no obvious supernatural elements. Titus Groan "is one of the greatest fantasy novels in the language. ![]() ![]() Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jackets with designs by Peake.įirst editions of the three volumes of Peake's Gormenghast trilogy, "one of the masterpieces of fantasy, a breathtakingly vivid and incomparably stylish tour de force of the imagination," in lovely original dust jackets designed by Peake. ![]() "MASTERPIECES OF MODERN FANTASY": FIRST EDITIONS OF MERVYN PEAKE'S GORMENGHAST TRILOGY, INCLUDING THE SCARCE FIRST BOOK, TITUS GROAN, "ONE OF THE GREATEST FANTASY NOVELS IN THE LANGUAGE" ![]()
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