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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mervyn_PeakeMervyn Peake - Wikipedia

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   Mervyn Peake was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator, best known for his Gormenghast series of fantasy novels. He also painted portraits, war scenes, and children's books, and was influenced by his early life in China.

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3. mervynpeake.org › biographyMervyn Peake biography - 1911-1968

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   Biography gallery. Official website of Mervyn Peake and Gormennghast. Inlcudes information on Mervyn Peake's career as an illustrator, artist, poet and novelist.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gormenghast_(series)Gormenghast (series) - Wikipedia

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   Gormenghast is a fantasy series by British author Mervyn Peake, about the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast, a sprawling, decaying, Gothic structure. The series consists of three novels and a novella, and explores themes of fantasy, horror, and manners.

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6. www.mervynpeake.org › gormenghastGormenghast, the official website - Mervyn Peake

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   The official Mervyn Peake website not only aims to bring you regular news and events from Mervyn Peake's world of Gormenghast, but also to add interest by including stories and ideas that led to its creation. See all Mervyn Peake and Gormenghast books, prints and DVDs.

7. www.pbs.org › wgbh › gormenghastGormenghast | The Novels | Who Was Mervyn Peake? - PBS

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   Learn about the life and work of Mervyn Peake, a creative genius who wrote the Gormenghast novels and illustrated classic children's books. Discover how his childhood in China, his war experiences, and his illness shaped his unique vision and style.

8. www.britannica.com › biography › Mervyn-PeakeMervyn Peake | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

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   Mervyn Peake was an English novelist, poet, painter, playwright, and illustrator, best known for the bizarre Titus Groan trilogy of novels and for his illustrations of his novels and of children’s stories.

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   What is the Mervyn Peake website?

   • The official Mervyn Peake website not only aims to bring you regular news and events from Mervyn Peake's world of Gormenghast, but also to add interest by including stories and ideas that led to its creation. All material © The Mervyn Peake Estate. For more information email: SebastianPeake@aol.com or fax: +44 (0)20 7733 5634

   Gormenghast, the official website - Mervyn Peake

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   Where did Mervyn Peake live?

   • Read more about Mervyn Peake's in China. 1914 - His first visit to England, where he stayed with relations at Poole, Dorset. During his twelve years in China he attended the Tientsin Grammar School 1923 - Moves back to England and lives at Wallington, in Surrey, where his father sets up a medical practice.

   Mervyn Peake biography - 1911-1968

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   What is the mood of Mervyn Peake's poetry?

   • The prevailing mood of Mervyn Peake's poetry is one of romanticism with some bleak wartime poems, a number of poems of self-analysis, and large number of what one might call headhunting poems where he makes verbal portraits similar to the pencil sketches which he habitually made in his London haunts.

   Mervyn Peake the poet - 1911-1968

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   Where did Mervyn Peake go to school?

   • Mervyn Peake attended Tientsin Grammar School until the family left for England in December 1922 via the Trans-Siberian Railway. He would later write a novella about this time, titled The White Chief of the Umzimbooboo Kaffirs.

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10. www.mervynpeake.org › poetMervyn Peake the poet - 1911-1968

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    Official website of Mervyn Peake and Gormennghast. Inlcudes information on Mervyn Peake's career as an illustrator, artist, poet and novelist.