The Gormenghast Trilogy: Mervyn Peake

Titus Groan / Gormenghast / Titus AlonePublished by Penguin / Methuen / Vintage. Titus Groan, 1946, 506 pages. Gormenghast, 1950, 511 pages. Titus Alone, 1959; revised version published in 1970, 263 pages. “Gormenghast.“Withdrawn and ruinous, it broods in umbra: the immemorial masonry: the towers, the tracts. Is all corroding? No. Through an avenue of spires …

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