The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895. The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories.
The book is named after a fictional play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories.
Toward the end of the year 1920 the Government of the United States had practically completed the programme, adopted during the last months of President Winthrop's administration.
Toward the end of the year 1920 the Government of the United States had practically completed the programme, adopted during the last months of President Winthrop's administration.
Have you found the Yellow Sign? The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories written by American author Robert. W. Chambers. The ten stories have a macabre tone, and many of them deal with supernatural themes.
The King in Yellow: a play that brings madness to all who read it.
"Original story by H.P. Lovecraft"--Copyright page.
The elusive, mysterious play 'The King in Yellow, ' weaves through several of the stories in this collection.
A milestone of American supernatural fiction, The King in Yellow created a sensation upon its 1895 publication.
Writing until his death in 1933, this collection remains his most important work to this day. The overarching theme in these stories is a fictional play that goes by the title "The King in Yellow". Anyone who reads this play, goes insane.
The composition of this unusual work was undertaken by Chambers following a trip to Paris as an art student in which he immersed himself in the horrific imagery of Bohemian and Decade art movements.
The book contains 10 stories, the first four of which, "The Repairer of Reputations", "The Mask", "In the Court of the Dragon" and "The Yellow Sign", mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in those who ...
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by the American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895. The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motifthrough some of the stories.
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895. The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories.
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by the American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895.
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by the American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895.
The book is named after a fictional play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories.
The King in Yellow is a 1895 collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers. The book could be categorized as early horror fiction, but it also touches on mythology, fantasy, mystery, and science fiction.
This series of vaguely connected stories is linked by the presence of a monstrous and suppressed book which brings fright, madness and spectral tragedy to all those who read it.
The book is named after a fictional play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories.