Titus Groan

Mervyn Peake

earliest edition we have, 1981 Mandarin, 1989 506 pages

The Titus trilogy — book 1

This is the first of the Gormenghast trilogy and introduces the reader to Gormenghast Castle and its inhabitants. Lord Sepulchrave the Earl of Groan, his life an endless succession of meaningless rituals, Countess Gertrude, who spends her days secluded in her bedroom surrounded by cats and birds, her only source of pleasure. Their daughter Fuschia is there too, along with Sepulchrave’s eccentric twin sisters, Cora an...

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Titus Groan edition · 1989 · Mandarin · 506 pages
Titus Groan edition · 1983 · Penguin in association with Eyre & Spottiswoode · 505 pages
Titus Groan edition · 1982 · Overlook Press · 512 pages
Titus Groan edition · 1981 · Penguin · 512 pages

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