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Titus Awakes: A Novel Audiobook

By: Maeve Gilmore, Mervyn Peake
Titus Awakes: A Novel Audiobook, by Maeve Gilmore Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Simon Vance Publisher: Brilliance Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 3.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Gormenghast Trilogy Release Date: July 2011 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781455825318
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35

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19:43 minutes

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02:18 minutes

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08:53 minutes

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In Titus Awakes the 77th Earl of Groan leaves the crumbling castle of Gormenghast and finds the larger world even stranger than his birthplace. Confronted by elemental and human threats—snowstorms, shipwrecks and attempts on his life—Titus’ bravery is tested and he must fight to free himself from the claims of his past.

Peake began this fourth and final volume of the Gormenghast stories but died having only written a few pages. Using notes and the fragments he left behind, his wife, the writer and painter Maeve Gilmore, has created a richly imagined sequel that fans of The Gormenghast Trilogy will delight in.

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"I loved Peake's Gormenghast trilogy. This did not disappoint. I found the tone lighter, and room for hope in a desperate world."

— Richard (4 out of 5 stars)

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  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " It makes me sad how bad this is. Better to think about re-reading the magisterial Gormenghast trilogy. "

    — Corey, 8/27/2012
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " It makes me sad how bad this is. Better to think about re-reading the magisterial Gormenghast trilogy. "

    — Corey, 8/27/2012
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Not a lot to say. I don't think I would have missed much by not reading it. Only a couple of pages by Mervyn Peake, the rest was pretty dull, with a couple of instances of reasonable writing. A shame, but I shouldn't have expected too much. "

    — Jonathan, 4/10/2012
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Not a lot to say. I don't think I would have missed much by not reading it. Only a couple of pages by Mervyn Peake, the rest was pretty dull, with a couple of instances of reasonable writing. A shame, but I shouldn't have expected too much. "

    — Jonathan, 4/10/2012

About the Authors

Maeve Gilmore (1917–1983) was a writer and painter. She married Mervyn Peake in 1937. She is the author of A World Away: A Memoir of Mervyn Peake.

Mervyn Laurence Peake (1911–1968) is an author best known for his Gormenghast fantasy fiction trilogy. He also published illustrated verse and short stories for children, plays, short stories, and novels. He was awarded the W. H. Heinemann Foundation Prize by the Royal Society of Literature in 1950. He was born and raised in China until the age of eleven. He went on to study at the Royal Academy School in London, where he developed as an artist, designer, and writer. He worked as an artist on the island of Sark for several years and then returned to London to hold several exhibitions of his artwork.

About Simon Vance

Simon Vance (a.k.a. Robert Whitfield) is an award-winning actor and narrator. He has earned more than fifty Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration thirteen times. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. He is also an actor who has appeared on both stage and television.