num_pages: 576
description: Peake's Progress is a selection, compiled by his widow, Maeve Gilmore, from every period of his work as a writer and draughtsman. It contains a remarkable work from childhood. The White Chief of the Umzimbooboo Kaffirs, the early Mr. Slaughterboard, which foreshadows the Titus books, two plays, the Wit to Woo and Noah's Ark, a broadcast version of Mr. Pye, and a generous selection of Peake's short stories, poems and nonsense verses as well as his drawings. Including a new preface written by Mervyn Peake's son, Sebastian, this edition of Peake's Progress is published to coincide with the centenary of Peake's birth.
language: English
title: Peake's Progress
titlecomplete: Peake's Progress
genres: Short Stories, Art, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Fantasy, Fiction
ratings_count: 145
publisher: The Overlook Press