An inimitable writer, artist and poet, Mervyn Peake is best known for his Gormenghast series of books, originally conceived as a lengthy cycle, which was prevented by his death. Set within the pseudo-medieval setting of the sprawling and decaying Castle Gormenghast, these tales present a gallery of eccentric and strange characters, expanded by the author’s own visceral illustrations. Having developed a unique style of surreal and unnerving fiction, Peake is now considered by many to be one of the Big Three of Fantasy, along with J. R. R. Tolkien and Robert E. Howard. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Peake’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Peake’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All the novels, with individual contents tables * Features Peake’s original illustrations * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * The complete children’s books, fully illustrated * Rare short stories digitised here for the first time * All of the poetry collections * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Peake’s rare drawing books, with hundreds of his original illustrations — available in no other collection * Peake’s rare dramas — available here for the first time in digital print * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: some posthumous poems and nonsense verses cannot appear in this edition, due to copyright restrictions. When new works enter the public domain, they will be added to the collection as a free update. CONTENTS: The Gormenghast Series Titus Groan (1946) Gormenghast (1950) Boy in Darkness (1956) Titus Alone (1959) A Novel Mr Pye (1953) The Short Stories The Short Stories of Mervyn Peake The Children’s Books Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor (1939) Rhymes without Reason (1944) Letters from a Lost Uncle (1948) The Plays The Wit to Woo (1957) For Mr Pye — An Island (1957) Noah’s Ark (1960) The Poetry Collections Shapes and Sounds (1941) The Glassblowers (1950) The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb (1962) A Reverie of Bone (1967) A Book of Nonsense (1972) Miscellaneous Poems The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Drawing Books The Craft of the Lead Pencil (1946) Drawings by Mervyn Peake (1949) Figures of Speech (1954)