Titus Groan
- 506
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Slow, dense and extravagantly written, “Titus Groan” makes the castle of Gormenghast its central character. This Gothic novel of more than five hundred pages opens the “Gormenghast” series, and readers repeatedly mention how the weight of description sets their pace. Those who settle into it praise the language and the eccentric characters; some find it too dense and say it drags.
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About the book
Titus Groan is a Gothic novel by Mervyn Peake, first published in 1946. It is the first novel in the Gormenghast series. The other books in the series are the novels Gormenghast (1950) and Titus Alone (1959) and the novella Boy in Darkness (1956).
Reading order · Gormenghast trilogy
Full order & progress →- Titus GroanThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - Gormenghast
7.97.9 / 10 - Titus Alone
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 143 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 49% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 143 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Titus Groan?
It has 506 pages — shorter than 57% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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