The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy

Contents

COVER

ABOUT THE BOOK

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

TITLE PAGE

INTRODUCTION

A NOTE ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS

TITUS GROAN

The Hall of the Bright Carvings

The Great Kitchen

Swelter

The Stone Lanes

‘The Spy-Hole’

Fuchsia

‘Tallow and Birdseed’

A Gold Ring for Titus

Sepulchrave

Prunesquallor’s Knee-Cap

The Attic

The Frivolous Cake

‘Mrs Slagg By Moonlight’

Keda

‘First Blood’

‘Assemblage’

‘Titus is Christened’

Means of Escape

‘A Field of Flagstones’

‘Over the Roofscape’

‘Near and Far’

‘Dust and Ivy’

‘The Body by the Window’

‘Ullage of Sunflower’

Soap for Greasepaint

At the Prunesquallors

A Gift of the Gab

While the Old Nurse Dozes

Flay Brings a Message

The Library

In a Lime-Green Light

Reintroducing the Twins

‘The Fir-Cones’

Keda and Rantel

The Room of Roots

‘Inklings of Glory’

‘Preparations for Arson’

The Grotto

Knives in the Moon

‘The Sun Goes Down Again’

‘Meanwhile’

‘The Burning’

And Horses Took Them Home

Swelter Leaves His Card

The Un-Earthing of Barquentine

First Repercussions

Sourdust is Buried

The Twins are Restive

‘Half-Light’

A Roof of Reeds

‘Fever’

Farewell

Early One Morning

A Change of Colour

A Bloody Cheekbone

The Twins Again

The Dark Breakfast

The Reveries

The Reverie of Cora

Reverie of Alfred Prunesquallor

Reverie of Fuschia

Reverie of Irma Prunesquallor

The Reverie of Lady Clarice

Reverie of Gertrude the Countess of Gormenghast

Reverie of Nannie Slagg

Reverie of Sepulchrave, 76th Earl of Gormenghast

Here and There

Presage

In Preparation for Violence

Blood At Midnight

Gone

The Roses Were Stones

‘Barquentine and Steerpike’

By Gormenghast Lake

Countess Gertrude

The Apparition

The Earling

Mr Rottcodd Again

GORMENGHAST

Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Spiregrain, Throd and Splint

Chapter Fourteen

Irma Wants a Party

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Chapter Forty-Five

Chapter Forty-Six

Chapter Forty-Seven

Chapter Forty-Eight

Chapter Forty-Nine

Chapter Fifty

Chapter Fifty-One

Chapter Fifty-Two

Chapter Fifty-Three

Chapter Fifty-Four

Chapter Fifty-Five

Chapter Fifty-Six

Chapter Fifty-Seven

Chapter Fifty-Eight

Chapter Fifty-Nine

Chapter Sixty

Chapter Sixty-One

Chapter Sixty-Two

Chapter Sixty-Three

Chapter Sixty-Four

Chapter Sixty-Five

Chapter Sixty-Six

Chapter Sixty-Seven

Chapter Sixty-Eight

Chapter Sixty-Nine

Chapter Seventy

Chapter Seventy-One

Chapter Seventy-Two

Chapter Seventy-Three

Chapter Seventy-Four

Chapter Seventy-Five

Chapter Seventy-Six

Chapter Seventy-Seven

Chapter Seventy-Eight

Chapter Seventy-Nine

Chapter Eighty

TITUS ALONE

Dedication

Titus Alone: Publisher’s Note

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Chapter Forty-Five

Chapter Forty-Six

Chapter Forty-Seven

Chapter Forty-Eight

Chapter Forty-Nine

Chapter Fifty

Chapter Fifty-One

Chapter Fifty-Two

Chapter Fifty-Three

Chapter Fifty-Four

Chapter Fifty-Five

Chapter Fifty-Six

Chapter Fifty-Seven

Chapter Fifty-Eight

Chapter Fifty-Nine

Chapter Sixty

Chapter Sixty-One

Chapter Sixty-Two

Chapter Sixty-Three

Chapter Sixty-Four

Chapter Sixty-Five

Chapter Sixty-Six

Chapter Sixty-Seven

Chapter Sixty-Eight

Chapter Sixty-Nine

Chapter Seventy

Chapter Seventy-One

Chapter Seventy-Two

Chapter Seventy-Three

Chapter Seventy-Four

Chapter Seventy-Five

Chapter Seventy-Six

Chapter Seventy-Seven

Chapter Seventy-Eight

Chapter Seventy-Nine

Chapter Eighty

Chapter Eighty-One

Chapter Eighty-Two

Chapter Eighty-Three

Chapter Eighty-Four

Chapter Eighty-Five

Chapter Eighty-Six

Chapter Eighty-Seven

Chapter Eighty-Eight

Chapter Eighty-Nine

Chapter Ninety

Chapter Ninety-One

Chapter Ninety-Two

Chapter Ninety-Three

Chapter Ninety-Four

Chapter Ninety-Five

Chapter Ninety-Six

Chapter Ninety-Seven

Chapter Ninety-Eight

Chapter Ninety-Nine

Chapter One Hundred

Chapter One Hundred and One

Chapter One Hundred and Two

Chapter One Hundred and Three

Chapter One Hundred and Four

Chapter One Hundred and Five

Chapter One Hundred and Six

Chapter One Hundred and Seven

Chapter One Hundred and Eight