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Mervyn Peake: Titus Groan (abridged)

Rupert Degas

Mervyn Peake: Titus Groan (abridged)

Mervyn Peake: Titus Groan (abridged)

Rupert Degas

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Deep in the labyrinthine corridors of Gormenghast Castle, a child is born. Titus, 77th Earl of Groan, is heir to arcane and all-embracing rituals that determine the activities of everyone from Lord Sepulchrave, his father, to the vast cook, Swelter, and the irrepressible Dr Prunesquallor. But not the steely and devious Steerpike, who will lie, cheat and even murder to get on.

One of the greatest feats of sustained imaginative writing, the world of Gormenghast Castle is brilliantly realised in this darkly fantastic novel. Its rich description and vivid characters make it one of the most enduringly popular works of the 20th century.

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Mervyn Peake: Titus Groan (Abridged)
Work length5:07:43
  • Recording Venue: Motivation Sound Studios, London
Gormenghast taken by itself would have displayed…
Track length7:22
As Flay passed the curator on his way to the door…
Track length5:33
It was impossible for the apprentices to force themselves…
Track length5:43
He peered at the immobile huddle of limbs.
Track length4:40
From his vantage point he was able to get a clear view…
Track length7:47
Her Ladyship, the seventy-sixth Countess of Groan…
Track length4:06
Every morning of the year…
Track length4:43
Mrs. Slagg entered.
Track length5:30
Leaving the tray on the mat outside…
Track length3:13
Mrs. Slagg made her way along the narrow stone path…
Track length6:40
Titus, under the care of Nannie Slagg and Keda…
Track length6:58
Tradition playing its remorseless part…
Track length6:35
Meanwhile, hiding behind a turn in the passage…
Track length4:49
Mr. Flay was possessed by two major vexations.
Track length4:50
Yesterday had exhausted him…
Track length4:17
On the afternoon following her brother's birth…
Track length6:25
As she stood breathless beside the table…
Track length6:03
Mrs. Slagg was so agitated at the sight…
Track length6:25
The Doctor all this while had had his glass of cognac…
Track length4:40
As he returned through the hall his mind was so engrossed…
Track length6:49
Autumn returned to Gormenghast like a dark spirit…
Track length2:50
The library of Gormenghast was situated…
Track length6:18
At the same moment that Flay was leaving Fuchsia's bedroom…
Track length7:07
Instead of crossing over to the Doctor's house…
Track length6:45
When Keda came back to her people…
Track length7:24
There was a discreet tapping at the twins' door.
Track length6:42
'And now you must tell me, dear ladies…'
Track length6:08
On one excuse or another…
Track length4:21
It happened on the day of Steerpike's second daylight visit…
Track length7:42
The crags of the mountain were ruthless…
Track length6:10
There had been a slight but perceptible lifting…
Track length6:05
Suddenly not only was Irma seized…
Track length6:14
Prunesquallor did what he could to help Mrs. Slagg…
Track length4:48
The Doctor and Flay, leaping forward, half caught her.
Track length6:02
One evening, several weeks after the burning…
Track length5:30
Unable to reconcile the heroism of Steerpike's rescue…
Track length4:08
It was only when the coffin stood near the graveside…
Track length4:24
About a week after Sourdust's burial…
Track length6:03
Spring has come and gone…
Track length5:29
Suddenly a voice comes from the mouth.
Track length4:07
The morning light is strengthening…
Track length7:33
Steerpike has some difficulty in finding Flay…
Track length7:15
Barquentine is unaware…
Track length7:15
It was four days since the Dark Breakfast…
Track length5:53
Wiping the sweat from his brow as he rose to his feet…
Track length6:49
They were about halfway to the Hall of Spiders…
Track length5:56
Swelter was running the flat of his hand along the steel…
Track length4:56
Swelter, once his sense of balance was restored…
Track length4:17
Of the nightmare that followed it is needful to say…
Track length5:50
The inexplicable disappearance of both Lord Sepulchrave…
Track length5:28
Something in a white shroud was moving towards the door…
Track length4:34
The day of the 'Earling' was a day of rain.
Track length3:37
Barquentine had started…
Track length4:48
In the arms of the woman on the shore…
Track length6:07
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