The stories in the book include:* The Repairer of Reputations - A powerful, weird story of egotism and paranoia that carries the imagery of the book's title.* The Mask - A dream story of art, love, and curious science.* In the Court of the ...
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.
These stories are macabre in tone, centering, in keeping with the other tales, on characters that are often artists or decadents, inhabitants of the demi-monde.
The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories.
I had walked down that day from Dr. Archer's house on Madison Avenue, where I had been as amere formality.
H.P. Lovecraft, creator of the famed Cthulu Mythos, whose own fiction was greatly influenced by this book stated that The King in Yellow 'achieves notable heights of cosmic fear.Robert William Chambers was an American artist and fiction ...
H.P. Lovecraft, creator of the famed Cthulu Mythos, whose own fiction was greatly influenced by this book stated that The King in Yellow 'achieves notable heights of cosmic fear.'
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"A series of vaguely connected short stories having as a background a monstrous and suppressed book whose perusal brings fright, madness, and a spectral tragedy, [yet] achieves notable heights of cosmic fear in spite of uneven interest and ...
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895.[2] The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories.[3] ...
The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers The first four stories are loosely connected by three main devices: A fictional play in book form entitled The King in Yellow A mysterious and malevolent supernatural entity known as The King in ...
The book is named after a fictional play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories.
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... Rue Barrée acknowledged his solemn salutes. Forty times a day he blessed Rue Barrée for her refusal, and thanked his lucky stars, and at the same time, oh, wondrous heart of ours!—he suffered the tortures of the blighted. Elliott was ...
... Rue Barrée acknowledged his solemn salutes. Forty times a day he blessed Rue Barrée for her refusal, and thanked his lucky stars, and at the same time, oh, wondrous heart of ours!—he suffered the tortures of the blighted. Elliott was ...
... Rue Barrée acknowledged his solemn salutes . Forty times a day he blessed Rue Barrée for her refusal , and thanked his lucky stars , and at the same time , oh , wondrous heart of ours ! - he suffered the tortures of the blighted ...
First published in 1895, Chambers masterfully weaves tales of macabre horror, enthralling romance, and shocking tragedy.
Presented here with a short story by Ambrose Bierce, AN INHABITANT OF CARCOSA, which was a direct influence on this collection, this is a perfect read for fans of classic horror and fantasy.
The stories could be categorized as early horror fiction or Victorian Gothic fiction, but the work also touches on mythology, fantasy, mystery, science fiction, and romance.
No true fan of horror should be without a copy of this collection.