Mr Pye [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2000] Mervyn Peake

Literature & Fiction

mervyn-peake

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the gormenghast trilogy

<p>Second book in Mervyn Peake's Titus Trilogy: a magnificent flight of Gothic fancy which ranks as one of the 20th century's most remarkable feats of imaginative writing.</p>

Gormenghast

Penguin??Books

Equipped with love, Mr Harold Pye lands on the island of Sark, his mission to convert the islanders into a crusading force for the undiluted goodness that he feels within. The extraordinary inhabitants of the island range from the formidable Miss George in her purple busby to the wanton, raven-haired Tintagieu, 'five foot three inches of sex'. Mr Pye, however, is prone to excess and in the increasingly personalised struggle between good and evil, excess is very nearly his downfall. Mervyn Peake was born in 1911. He is perhaps most famous for the 'Gormenghast' trilogy which were published between 1946 and 1959—Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone. He has also written a book for children, Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor and several volumes of poetry. He was also a gifted book illustrator. He died in 1968.

MR PYE

Penguin

Titus Groan (King Penguin)

Classics

Spine faded, page edges tanned. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

Book of Nonsense

Poetry

Penguin Books, NY

Poetry of the Forties (Twentieth Century Classics)

Laurie Lee

Stephen Spender

W.H. Auden

dylan-thomas

Cecil Day-Lewis

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) the immensely talented writer, artist, poet and playwright,is best-known for his gothic masterpiece, the Gormenghast trilogy, and his stunning illustrations for Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass. He was a prolific and astonishingly original writer, who touched at one time or another on almost every literary form. Peake's Progress is a selection, compiled by his widow, Maeve Gilmore, from every period of his work as writer and draughtsman. It contains a remarkable work from childhood, 'The White Chief of the Umzimbooboo Kaffirs', the early 'Mr. Slaughterboard', which foreshadows the 'Titus' books, two plays, 'The Wit to Woo' and 'Noah's Ark', a broadcast version of 'Mr Pye', and a generous selection from Peake's short stories, poems and nonsense verses as well as from his drawings. Including a new introduction written by Mervyn Peake's son, Sebastian, this edition of Peake's Progress is published to coincide with the centenary of Peake's birth, and to mark the British Library's acquisition of Peake's archives.

Peake's Progress: Selected Writings and Drawings (Penguin Modern Classics)

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Letters from a lost uncle

Picador

Tired of life in the palace, Titus escapes for adventure and is captured by Hyena and Goat - a mysterious pair who hate each other. Taking him into the mines they present their sacrifice to Lamb. Now Lamb has a fresh young soul on which to use his diabolical art - so the ceremony begins.

Boy In Darkness (Signature)

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