Titus Groan
Mervyn Peake

Narrated By: Saul Reichlin

Duration: 21 hours and 40 minutes

What to expect

As the first novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born: he stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that stand for Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual, lost in history, understood only by Sourdust, Lord of the Library. There are tears and strange laughter; fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings; dreams and violence and disenchantment contained within a labyrinth of stone.

Genre

Classic fiction, Fantasy, Modern & contemporary fiction

Listen to a sample

The Gormenghast Trilogy is one of the most important works of the imagination to come out of [this] age

Mr Peake's first novel holds one with its glittering eye - It has a genuine plot in the strictest sense, and it persuades you to read on simply in order to know what will happen - its gallery of characters is wonderful

A gorgeous volcanic eruption... A work of extraordinary imagination