How Long to Read The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy

How Long Does it Take to Read The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy?

It takes the average reader 20 hours and 14 minutes to read The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A young heir matures within a bleak, sprawling castle filled with intrigue in this epic gothic trilogy, featuring over 100 illustrations by the author. Titus is expected to rule this extraordinary kingdom and his eccentric and wayward subjects. But with the arrival of an ambitious kitchen boy, Steerpike, the established order is thrown into disarray. Over the course of these three novels—Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone—Titus must contend with a kingdom about to implode beneath the weight of centuries of intrigue, treachery, manipulation, and murder. Intoxicating, rich, and unique, The Gormenghast Trilogy is a tour de force that ranks as one of the twentieth century's most remarkable feats of imaginative writing. This special edition, published for the centenary of Mervyn Peake’s birth, is accompanied by over one hundred of Peake's dazzling drawings. Praise for Mervyn Peake and the Gormenghast Trilogy “[Peake’s books] are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience.” —C. S. Lewis “Mervyn Peake is a finer poet than Edgar Allan Poe, and he is therefore able to maintain his world of fantasy brilliantly through three novels. It is a very, very great work . . . A classic of our age.” —Robertson Davies “[A] magnificent ediface spun from thin air by a tortured genius.” —Liz Jensen, author of The Rapture “This extravagant epic about a labyrinthine castle populated with conniving Dickensian grotesques is the true fantasy classic of our time.” —Washington Post Book World

How long is The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy?

The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake is 1,186 pages long, and a total of 303,616 words.

This makes it 400% the length of the average book. It also has 371% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 27 hours and 39 minutes to read The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy aloud.

What Reading Level is The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy?

The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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