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Titus Groan

Mervyn Peake

First published 1946
Type Novel
Series Gormenghast #1

<br>Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born. He stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that form Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual whose origins are lost in history and the castle is peopled by dark characters in half-lit corridors.

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1985 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Nominee/Finalist
1990 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Fantasy Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1946 Cover Titus Groan Reynal & Hitchcock Novel
1946 Cover Titus Groan Eyre & Spottiswoode Novel
February 1946 Cover Titus Groan Eyre & Spottiswoode Novel
1968 Titus Groan Eyre & Spottiswoode Novel
1968 Titus Groan Penguin Books Novel
October 1968 Cover Titus Groan Ballantine Books Novel 1
October 1968 Cover The Gormenghast Trilogy (Boxed Set) Ballantine Books Omnibus |1
March 1969 Titus Groan Ballantine Books Novel
August 1970 Cover Titus Groan Ballantine Books Novel
1972 Cover Titus Groan Penguin Books Novel 15
1973 Cover Titus Groan Penguin Books Novel 15
September 1973 Cover Titus Groan Ballantine Books Novel 1
September 1973 Cover The Gormenghast Trilogy (Boxed Set) Ballantine Books Omnibus |1
1974 Titus Groan Penguin Books Novel
1974 Cover Titus Groan Penguin Books Novel 15
January 1974 Titus Groan Ballantine Books Novel
October 1974 Cover Titus Groan Ballantine Books Novel
September 1975 Cover Titus Groan Ballantine Books Novel
January 1977 Cover Titus Groan Del Rey / Ballantine Novel
October 1977 Cover Titus Groan Del Rey / Ballantine Novel
1978 Cover Titus Groan Penguin Books Novel 15
1982 Der junge Titus Klett-Cotta Novel
October 1982 Titus Groan The Overlook Press Novel
1983 Titus Groan Penguin Books Novel
1983 Cover The Titus Books Penguin Books Omnibus 7
June 1985 Cover Titus Groan Methuen Novel 15
1986 Cover Titus Groan Methuen Novel 15
August 1988 Cover The Gormenghast Trilogy The Overlook Press Omnibus |2
August 1989 Cover Titus Groan Mandarin Novel
1991 Gormenghast The Overlook Press Omnibus |1
1992 Cover Titus Groan Mandarin Novel
1992 Cover Titus Groan The Folio Society Novel 1
April 1992 Cover Titus Groan The Overlook Press Novel
October 1992 The Gormenghast Trilogy Mandarin Omnibus 1
1993 Titus Groan Mandarin Novel
March 1995 Cover The Gormenghast Trilogy Mandarin Omnibus 1
November 1995 Cover The Gormenghast Novels Tusk Books / The Overlook Press Omnibus 7
1997 Cover The Gormenghast Trilogy Arrow Books Omnibus 1
1997 Cover The Gormenghast Novels The Easton Press Omnibus
February 1998 Cover Titus Groan Vintage (UK) Novel
March 1998 Cover Titus d'enfer Novel
1999 The Gormenghast Trilogy Vintage (UK) Omnibus |1
1999 Cover De bestemming Het Spectrum Novel
2000 The Gormenghast Trilogy Vintage (UK) Omnibus |1
2000 The Gormenghast Trilogy Vintage (UK) Omnibus |1
May 2001 Cover Titus Groan Blackstone Publishing Novel
October 2001 Cover Titus Groan Blackstone Audio Novel 1
September 2002 Titus Groan Blackstone Audiobooks Novel
2007 Titus: O Herdeiro de Gormenghast Edições Saída de Emergência Novel
June 2007 Cover Titus Groan The Overlook Press Novel
2011 Cover The Gormenghast Trilogy The Folio Society Omnibus |1
2011 Cover Titus Groan The Folio Society Novel 1
June 2011 Cover The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy Vintage Digital Omnibus |1
June 2011 Cover The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy Vintage (UK) Omnibus 1
August 2011 Cover Titus Groan Cornerstone Digital Novel
September 2011 The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy The Overlook Press Omnibus
July 2018 Cover The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy The Overlook Press Omnibus |2
December 2023 Cover Titus Groan Vintage (UK) Novel
January 2024 Cover Titus Groan Faded Page Novel