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Mervyn Peake (1911–1968)

Author of The Gormenghast Trilogy

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Works by Mervyn Peake

The Gormenghast Trilogy (1967) 4,365 copies
Titus Groan (1946) 4,075 copies
Gormenghast (1950) 2,676 copies
Titus Alone (1959) 2,048 copies
Mr Pye (1953) 454 copies
Titus Awakes (2011) 250 copies
A Book of Nonsense (1972) 181 copies
Peake's Progress (1978) 157 copies
Letters from a Lost Uncle (1948) 151 copies
Boy in Darkness (1956) — Author — 140 copies
The Inner Landscape (1969) 120 copies
Figures of Speech (2003) 49 copies
Collected Poems (2008) 48 copies
Selected Poems (1972) 46 copies
Writings and Drawings (1974) 35 copies
Complete Nonsense (2011) 21 copies
Rhymes Without Reason (1944) 10 copies
Shapes and sounds (1974) 7 copies
The Glassblowers (1950) 7 copies
Sketches from "Bleak House" (1983) — Illustrator — 5 copies
Gormenghast / Titus Alone (1950) 2 copies
Gormenghast: A Fantasy Opera (2000) — Creator — 2 copies
Titus dans les ténèbres (1995) 2 copies
Lettere dal Polo Nord (2003) 1 copy
Titus 1 copy
Gormenghast the Game (2013) 1 copy
Twelve Poems, 1939-60 (1975) 1 copy
11 Poems 1 copy

Associated Works

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) — Illustrator, some editions — 26,771 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (1865) — Illustrator, some editions — 25,307 copies
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) — Illustrator, some editions — 17,026 copies
The Swiss Family Robinson (1812) — Illustrator, some editions — 8,690 copies
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871) — Illustrator, some editions — 7,777 copies
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798) — Illustrator, some editions — 2,380 copies
The Fifth Child (1988) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,379 copies
The Hunting of the Snark (1876) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,296 copies
Droll Stories (1832) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,178 copies
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (2011) — Contributor — 815 copies
Household Tales {Crane} (1963) — Illustrator, some editions — 769 copies
The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy (1997) — Contributor — 504 copies
Knights of Madness: Further Comic Tales of Fantasy (1998) — Contributor — 297 copies
Shudder Again: 22 Tales of Sex and Horror (1993) — Contributor — 231 copies
The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories (1994) — Contributor — 190 copies
Witchcraft in England (1945) — Illustrator — 169 copies
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic (1990) — Contributor — 152 copies
New Worlds for Old (1971) — Contributor — 101 copies
New Worlds Quarterly 1 (1971) — Illustrator — 72 copies
Gormenghast [TV miniseries] (2000) — Creator — 53 copies
Mervyn Peake (1976) — Illustrator — 36 copies
Weird Shadows From Beyond (1965) — Contributor — 33 copies
The Sunday Books (2010) — Illustrator — 29 copies
The adventures of the young soldier in search of the better world (1943) — Illustrator, some editions — 27 copies
Quest for Sita (1946) — Illustrator, some editions — 26 copies
Prayers and graces : a little book of extraordinary piety (1944) — Illustrator — 23 copies
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction : Le manoir des roses (1978) — Contributor — 20 copies
Nightfrights (1972) — Contributor — 17 copies
Thou Shalt Not Suffer A Witch (1996) — Illustrator, some editions — 12 copies
Das Hobbit-Buch (1988) — Author — 7 copies
More Prayers and Graces: A Second Book of Unusual Piety (1957) — Illustrator — 5 copies
Dreamers of Dreams: An Anthology of Fantasy (1978) — Author — 4 copies
All This and Bevin Too. With Drawings by Mervyn Peake. (1978) — Illustrator — 4 copies
The Day We Embarked for Cythera {short story} (1970) — Illustrator, some editions — 3 copies
The Pot of Gold (1959) — Illustrator, some editions — 1 copy

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Reviews

finishing this feels like I've accomplished something, but unfortunately, it was something meaningless.
 
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danielskatz | 98 other reviews | Dec 26, 2023 |
I liked this book but I will admit it is not going to be for everyone. It moves at a languid pace. The words are as important as any story that is going on. For me it was a lot like reading an over the top fantasy novel that Dickens might have written. Only Dickens made his writing more accessible.

I can see the roots of a lot of writers I really like in this book though (China Mieville for instance). I am glad I finally read it and will work my way through the other books but this is going to be a series I will not read straight through.… (more)
 
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cdaley | 98 other reviews | Nov 2, 2023 |
The artwork is gorgeous! The story is not as good as I remember from childhood, I couldn’t help just feeling bad for Jackson.
 
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ellie.sara18 | 8 other reviews | Oct 6, 2023 |
I can't even describe how much I loved this book. Peake's use of language was amazing and enthralling and I felt like I was being physically pulled into Gormenghast. Brilliant book.
 
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Maeve Gilmore Editor, Introduction, Preface, , Foreword
R. W. Maslen Editor, Introduction
Sebastian Peake Introduction, Editor
P. J. Lynch Illustrator
Joanne Harris Foreword
Sting Actor
Alan Lee Cover artist
Saul Reichlin Narrator
Peter Harding Cover artist
Rupert Degas Narrator
Michael Moorcock Introduction
Anthony Burgess Introduction
Robert Pepper Cover artist
Roberto Serrai Translator
Michael Moorcock Introduction
Quentin S. Crisp Introduction
China Miéville Introduction
Julek Hellar Cover artist
Mark Robertson Cover artist
Anna Ravano Translator
Tad Williams Introduction
Åke Ohlmarks Translator
Bob Pepper Cover artist
David Louis Edelman Introduction
Brian Sibley Introduction
Gervasio Gallardo Cover artist
Richard M. Powers Cover artist
John Watney Introduction
Ian West Cover designer
Fabian Peake Afterword

Statistics

Works
54
Also by
36
Members
15,370
Popularity
#1,483
Rating
3.9
Reviews
306
ISBNs
279
Languages
18
Favorited
146

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