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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