Gormenghast

Overuse of qualitative adjectives in Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake

  • A list of overused words collected when reading:
  • Ghastly
  • Terrible
  • That he/she could not understand
  • Silly
  • Undescribable
  • Horrible bosom of the hill
  • Exquisite
  • Dreadful crag
  • August and heavy brow
  • Ominous
  • Mare pacing with strange deliberation
  • Dreadful
  • Long bizarre face
  • Vile
  • Horrid
  • Spiders are not insects
  • Strangely bizarre cry

Peake commands the reader and expects trust rather than demonstrating mastery.


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