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The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer
Robert W. Chambers, first published in 1895. The book is named
after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through
some of the stories. The first half of the book features highly
esteemed weird stories, and the book has been described by critics
as a classic in the field of the supernatural. There are ten
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 read it. "The Yellow Sign" inspired a film
of the same name released in 2001.
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Athalie (Hardcover)
Robert W Chambers
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Discovery Miles 18 140
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Beowulf (Hardcover)
Robert W Chambers
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A milestone of American supernatural fiction, The King in Yellow
created a sensation upon its 1895 publication. Since then, it has
markedly influenced writers in the genre, most famously, H. P.
Lovecraft. Author Robert W. Chambers has been hailed as a writer of
remarkable imaginative powers and the historic link between Edgar
Allan Poe and Stephen King. This edition features the original 10
gripping stories. The book is named after a fictional play with the
same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The
first half of the book features highly esteemed weird stories, and
the book is described by S.T. Joshi as a classic in the field of
the supernatural. There are ten 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 read
it.
The final unsettling collection of the author's weird and
supernatural fiction
Robert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is
undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by
the common theme of a drama of the same title which drives those
who read it to insanity. It is widely accepted that this work is
one of the most important in the whole library of American
supernatural writing. Nevertheless, it is but part of Chambers'
output in the field of weird and supernatural writings, so this
special Leonaur collection of Chambers fiction in the genre-which
of course includes the stories that comprise 'The King in
Yellow'-runs to a satisfying four substantial volumes. Leonaur
editions are available in softcover and hardback with dust jacket
for collectors. Leonaur hardbacks feature real cloth bindings, gold
foil embossed lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail
bands.
This final volume includes the novel long 'The Hidden Children, '
and two short stories.
The third chilling collection of the author's weird and
supernatural fiction
Robert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is
undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by
the common theme of a drama of the same title which drives those
who read it to insanity. It is widely accepted that this work is
one of the most important in the whole library of American
supernatural writing. Nevertheless, it is but part of Chambers'
output in the field of weird and supernatural writings, so this
special Leonaur collection of Chambers fiction in the genre-which
of course includes the stories that comprise 'The King in
Yellow'-runs to a satisfying four substantial volumes. Leonaur
editions are available in softcover and hardback with dust jacket
for collectors. Leonaur hardbacks feature real cloth bindings, gold
foil embossed lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail
bands.
This third volume includes the novel 'The Tracer of Lost Persons,
' four novelettes 'The Maker of Moons, ' 'The Street of Our Lady of
the Fields, ' 'The Street of the First Shell' and 'The White
Shadow' and nine short stories.
The second nightmarish volume of the author's collected weird and
supernatural fiction
Robert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is
undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by
the common theme of a drama of the same title which drives those
who read it to insanity. It is widely accepted that this work is
one of the most important in the whole library of American
supernatural writing. Nevertheless, it is but part of Chambers'
output in the field of weird and supernatural writings, so this
special Leonaur collection of Chambers fiction in the genre-which
of course includes the stories that comprise 'The King in
Yellow'-runs to a satisfying four substantial volumes. Leonaur
editions are available in softcover and hardback with dust jacket
for collectors. Leonaur hardbacks feature real cloth bindings, gold
foil embossed lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail
bands.
The second volume includes two novels 'The Search of the Unknown'
and 'The Green Mouse, ' two novelettes 'The Messenger' and 'The
Repairer of Reputations' and four short stories.
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