The Tower of Flints: Mervyn Peake's Fantastical Imagination discussion

Peake was in great demand as an illustrator of the books of other writers, adding his own, usually somewhat unsettling, genius to their works.

Please link to the specific Peake illustrated edition when creating discussion topics about other authors.

I found this link in some archives of the rather obscure The Adventures of the Young Soldier in Search of the Better World which Mervyn Peak illustrated

https://ia601607.us.archive.org/25/it...

I have a physical copy of The Adventures of the Young Soldier in Search of the Better World, and while I've enjoyed looking at Peake's illustrations, I haven't quite got around to reading it. If you're tempted to read it, Samuel, do say how you find it :-)

If you can find a copy of Sketches From Bleak House, do. And tragically, they were never published with the novel.

But there's version of Alice, which is gorgeous: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Cecily wrote: "If you can find a copy of Sketches From Bleak House, do. And tragically, they were never published with the novel.

But there's version of Alice, which is gorgeous: https://www.goodr..."

Thank you for the heads up about "Sketches". I'd anticipated a frightful price, but found a copy quite reasonably, so that's on its way to me!

I have the two volume edition of Peake's "Alice", which I really like.

Mine wasn't especially expensive either. A lovely surprise.