Title: Titus Groan

Title: Titus Groan Title Record # 995
Author: Mervyn Peake
Date: 1946-02-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Gormenghast
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born. He stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that form Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual whose origins are lost in history and the castle is peopled by dark characters in half-lit corridors.

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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1982	German	Der junge Titus
1998	French	Titus d'enfer
1999^ⓘTranslated by Frits van der Waa	Dutch	De bestemming
2007	Portuguese	Titus: O Herdeiro de Gormenghast

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Preliminary Nominees	1985 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Preliminary Nominees	1990 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Titus Groan	1946-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Reynal & Hitchcock		$3.00^?$: US dollar	430	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Titus Groan	1946-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Eyre & Spottiswoode		15/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	438	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Mervyn Peake
Titus Groan	1946-02-00	Mervyn Peake	Eyre & Spottiswoode		15/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	438	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Mervyn Peake
Titus Groan	1968-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Eyre & Spottiswoode		50/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	508	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Titus Groan	1968-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Penguin Books	2762	10/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	506	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Gormenghast Trilogy (Boxed Set)	1968-10-00	Mervyn Peake	Ballantine Books		$2.85^?$: US dollar	543+ 568+ 284	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Bob Pepper
Titus Groan	1968-10-00	Mervyn Peake	Ballantine Books	73007	$0.95^?$: US dollar	543+ [8]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob Pepper
Titus Groan	1969-03-00	Mervyn Peake	Ballantine Books			543	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob Pepper
Titus Groan	1970-08-00	Mervyn Peake	Ballantine Books	73007		543	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob Pepper
Titus Groan	1972-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	0-14-002762-9	£0.55^?£: UK pound	506	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mervyn Peake
Titus Groan	1973-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	0-14-002762-9	£0.55^?£: UK pound	506	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mervyn Peake
The Gormenghast Trilogy (Boxed Set)	1973-09-00	Mervyn Peake	Ballantine Books	0-345-23525-8	$3.75^?$: US dollar	543+ 568+ 284	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Bob Pepper
Titus Groan	1973-09-00	Mervyn Peake	Ballantine Books (Ballantine Adult Fantasy)	0-345-23518-5	$1.25^?$: US dollar	543	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob Pepper
Titus Groan	1974-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Penguin Books	0-14-002762-9	£0.75^?£: UK pound	506	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mervyn Peake
Titus Groan	1974-01-00	Mervyn Peake	Ballantine Books			543	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob Pepper
Titus Groan	1974-10-00	Mervyn Peake	Ballantine Books	0-345-24321-8	$1.50^?$: US dollar	543	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob Pepper
Titus Groan	1975-09-00	Mervyn Peake	Ballantine Books	25041	$1.95^?$: US dollar	543	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob Pepper
Titus Groan	1977-01-00	Mervyn Peake	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27096-7	$2.25^?$: US dollar	543	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob Pepper
Titus Groan	1977-10-00	Mervyn Peake	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-27096-7	$2.25^?$: US dollar	543	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bob Pepper
Titus Groan	1978-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	0-14-002762-9	£1.25^?£: UK pound	506	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mervyn Peake
Titus Groan	1982-10-26	Mervyn Peake	The Overlook Press	0-87951-143-5	$18.95^?$: US dollar	505	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Titus Books	1983-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Penguin Books	0-14-006835-X	£5.95^?£: UK pound	1023	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Julek Heller
Titus Groan	1983-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Penguin Books	0-14-002762-9	£2.50^?£: UK pound	506	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Alan Lee
Titus Groan	1985-06-00	Mervyn Peake	Methuen	0-413-52370-5	£2.50^?£: UK pound	505+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Peter Harding (artist)
Titus Groan	1986-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Methuen	0-413-52370-5	£2.50^?£: UK pound	506	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Peter Harding (artist)
The Gormenghast Trilogy	1988-08-00	Mervyn Peake	The Overlook Press	0-87951-974-6	$25.00^?$: US dollar	1023	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Julek Heller
Titus Groan	1989-08-00	Mervyn Peake	Mandarin	0-7493-0051-5	£3.99^?£: UK pound	506	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mark Robertson
Gormenghast	1991-00-00	Mervyn Peake	The Overlook Press			1023	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
Titus Groan	1992-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Mandarin	0-7493-0051-5	£4.99^?£: UK pound	506	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mark Robertson
Titus Groan	1992-00-00	Mervyn Peake	The Folio Society			xviii+ 422+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Peter Harding
Titus Groan	1992-04-00	Mervyn Peake	The Overlook Press	0-87951-425-6	$13.95^?$: US dollar	396	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Mervyn Peake
The Gormenghast Trilogy	1992-10-00	Mervyn Peake	Mandarin	0-7493-1426-5	£9.99^?£: UK pound	953	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Steven Player
Titus Groan	1993-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Mandarin	0-7493-0051-5	£5.99^?£: UK pound	506	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mark Robertson
The Gormenghast Trilogy	1995-03-00	Mervyn Peake	Mandarin	0-7493-1426-5	£9.99^?£: UK pound	953	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Steven Player
The Gormenghast Novels	1995-11-00	Mervyn Peake	Tusk Books / The Overlook Press	0-87951-628-3	$23.95^?$: US dollar	1173	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	J. K. Potter
The Gormenghast Novels	1997-00-00	Mervyn Peake	The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Fantasy)			396+ 498	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Gormenghast Trilogy	1997-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Arrow Books	0-7493-1426-5	£12.99^?£: UK pound	953	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Steven Player
Titus Groan	1998-02-00	Mervyn Peake	Vintage (UK)	0-7493-9492-7	£7.99^?£: UK pound	506	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Eleanor Crow
The Gormenghast Trilogy	1999-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Vintage (UK)	0-09-928438-3	£12.99^?£: UK pound	960	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Gormenghast Trilogy	2000-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Vintage (UK)	0-09-928889-3	£15.00^?£: UK pound	953	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Gormenghast Trilogy	2000-00-00	Mervyn Peake	Vintage (UK)	0-09-928889-3	£9.99^?£: UK pound	953	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
Titus Groan	2001-10-11	Mervyn Peake	Blackstone Audio				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel	Bob Pepper
Titus Groan	2002-09-01	Mervyn Peake	Blackstone Audiobooks	0-7861-9265-8	$34.95^?$: US dollar		audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	novel
Titus Groan	2007-06-00	Mervyn Peake	The Overlook Press	1-58567-907-0	$15.95^?$: US dollar	396	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Gormenghast Trilogy	2011-00-00	Mervyn Peake	The Folio Society			xviii+ 422+ [1]+ [vi]+ 444+ [2]+ viii+ 246+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Titus Groan	2011-00-00	Mervyn Peake	The Folio Society			xviii+ 422+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Peter Harding
The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy	2011-06-23	Mervyn Peake	Vintage Digital	978-1-4090-1979-4	£12.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Mervyn Peake
The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy	2011-06-23	Mervyn Peake	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	978-0-09-952854-8	£25.00^?£: UK pound	960	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Mervyn Peake
Titus Groan	2011-08-12	Mervyn Peake	Cornerstone Digital	978-1-4090-0707-4	£4.49^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Eleanor Crow
The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy	2011-09-01	Mervyn Peake	The Overlook Press	978-1-59020-717-8	$40.00^?$: US dollar	943	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Mervyn Peake
The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy	2018-07-17	Mervyn Peake	The Overlook Press	978-1-4683-1689-6	$34.98^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	omni	Mervyn Peake
Titus Groan	2023-12-07	Mervyn Peake	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	978-0-7493-9492-9	£14.99^?£: UK pound	496	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Andrew Davis
Titus Groan	2024-01-05	Mervyn Peake	Faded Page	20240108	C$0.00^?C$: Canadian dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Mervyn Peake
The Gormenghast Trilogy	date unknown	Mervyn Peake	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	0-09-928889-3	£15.00^?£: UK pound	953	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
The Gormenghast Trilogy	date unknown	Mervyn Peake	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	0-09-928889-3	£18.00^?£: UK pound	953	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
Titus Groan	date unknown	Mervyn Peake	Vintage (UK)	978-0-7493-9492-9	£7.99^?£: UK pound	506	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Eleanor Crow
Titus Groan	date unknown	Mervyn Peake	Mandarin	0-7493-0051-5	£6.99^?£: UK pound	506	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Mark Robertson

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Reviews

Review by David H. Keller, M.D. (1946) in Operation Fantast, #4, March 1950, (1950)
Review by uncredited (1968) in Locus, #9 October 10, 1968
Review by Rick Norwood (1969) in Science Fiction Review, August 1969
Review by Darrell Schweitzer (1983) in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1983
Review [German] by Uwe Anton [as by Hermann Wolff-Sasse] (1983) in Science Fiction Times, April 1983
Review by Algis Budrys (1983) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1983
Review by Baird Searles (1983) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1983
Review [German] by Marcel Bieger (1983) in Science Fiction Jahrbuch 1984
Review by David Pringle (1988) in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels , reprinted in:
Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels (1988)
Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels (1989)
Review by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock (1988) in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books , reprinted in:
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1991)
Review by Mo Holkar and Ivan Towlson and Neal Tringham [as by M. H. Zool] (1989) in Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy
Review by Baird Searles (1992) in Asimov's Science Fiction, December 1992
Review by Simon Ingrouille (2009) in StarShipSofa, No 89
Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2009) in 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels