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Titus Alone

Titus Alone

Titus Alone is a novel written by Mervyn Peake and first published in 1959. It is the third work in the Gormenghast trilogy. The other works are Titus Groan, and Gormenghast. With the trilogy, a fourth work, the novella Boy in Darkness, and a fifth, the fragment Titus Awakes, are often considered part of a larger "Gormenghast series". It was re-edited by Langdon Jones in 1970 using the original manuscript.


“Pompous as only failures can be.”

Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 82 (p. 959)

““Let go of my arm, or I will scream for God.”
“He never helped you. Have you forgotten?””

Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 56 (p. 910)

“He was as young as twenty years allowed, and as old as it could make him.”

Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 5 (p. 815)

“Art should be artless, not heartless.”

Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 24 (p. 845)

“Let him play,” whispered Cheeta. “Let him make believe that he’s alive again.”

Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 105 (p. 1000)

“His mind fell asleep. His wits fell awake. His cock trembled like a harp-string.”

Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 42 (p. 881)

“Life must be various, incongruous, vile and electric. Life must be ruthless and as full of love as may be found in a jaguar’s fang.”

“I like the way you talk, young man,” said Grass, “but I don’t know what you’re saying.”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 24 (p. 841)

“Let go of my arm, or I will scream for God.”

“He never helped you. Have you forgotten?”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 56 (p. 910)

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