![]() ![]() ![]() The series has received widespread acclaim from the speculative fiction community and mainstream literary critics. After it was discovered by their family, it was published in 2009.Īlthough the first two instalments do not contain any overtly fantastical elements, Gormenghast is almost unanimously categorised as fantasy because of the atmosphere and pseudo-medieval setting. The book was completed by Peake's widow Maeve Gilmore in the early 1970s. Peake was writing a fourth novel, Titus Awakes, at the time of his death in 1968. Originally conceived as a single on-going novel, the series was ended by Peake's death and comprises three novels: Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950) and Titus Alone (1959) and a novella, Boy in Darkness (1956), whose canonical status is debated. Gormenghast / ˈ ɡ ɔːr m ən ˌ ɡ ɑː s t/ is a fantasy series by British author Mervyn Peake, about the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, a sprawling, decaying, Gothic structure. ![]()
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