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Maeve Gilmore


Born
in Brixton, London, The United Kingdom
June 14, 1917

Died
August 03, 1983

Genre
Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs


Maeve Patricia Mary Theresa Gilmore (1917-1983). Painter, sculpter and writer. Wife and biographer of Mervyn Peake, author of the Gormenghast novels, and editor and continuer of her husband's works. ...more

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Average rating: 3.51 · 888 ratings · 156 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors
The Gormenghast Trilogy: Ti...
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4.03 avg rating — 9,878 ratings — published 1959 — 14 editions
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Titus Awakes: The Lost Book...
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3.23 avg rating — 573 ratings — published 2011 — 40 editions
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Boy in Darkness and Other S...
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4.04 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions
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Boy in darkness (Literature...
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4.05 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 1956 — 17 editions
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Peake's Progress: Selected ...
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4.25 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1978 — 15 editions
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A World Away: A Memoir of M...
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4.27 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1970 — 9 editions
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Mervyn Peake: Writings and ...
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4.58 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions
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Captain Eustace and the Mag...
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Mervyn Peake: Two Lives by ...
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Mervyn Peake 1911-68: Exhib...
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“One should always be defended against reality.”
― Maeve Gilmore, A World Away: A Memoir of Mervyn Peake
tags: reality, self-care
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“Houses, like people, have their own peculiarities.”
― Maeve Gilmore, A World Away: A Memoir of Mervyn Peake
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