▁Category : Ch inese - American ▁culture <0x0A> </s> ▁G orm eng h ast ▁ ▁is ▁a ▁fant asy ▁series ▁by ▁British ▁author ▁Mer v yn ▁Pe ake , ▁about ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁Castle ▁G orm eng h ast , ▁a ▁spraw ling , ▁decay ing , ▁Goth ic ▁structure . ▁Origin ally ▁conce ived ▁as ▁a ▁single ▁on - going ▁novel , ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁ended ▁by ▁Pe ake ' s ▁death ▁and ▁compr ises ▁three ▁nov els , ▁Tit us ▁Gro an ▁( 1 9 4 6 ), ▁G orm eng h ast ▁( 1 9 5 0 ), ▁Tit us ▁Al one ▁( 1 9 5 9 ) ▁and ▁a ▁nov ella , ▁Boy ▁in ▁Dark ness ▁( 1 9 5 6 ), ▁whose ▁canonical ▁status ▁is ▁deb ated . ▁Pe ake ▁was ▁writing ▁a ▁fourth ▁novel , ▁Tit us ▁Aw akes , ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 ; ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁later ▁completed ▁by ▁Pe ake ' s ▁wid ow ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 7 0 ' s , ▁and ▁after ▁being ▁discovered ▁by ▁her ▁descend ents ▁it ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁install ments ▁do ▁not ▁contain ▁any ▁over t ly ▁fant ast ical ▁elements , ▁G orm eng h ast ▁is ▁almost ▁un anim ously ▁categor ized ▁as ▁fant asy ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁atmosphere ▁and ▁pseudo - med ieval ▁setting . ▁The ▁series ▁has ▁received ▁w ides p read ▁acc laim