Robert W Chambers

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 Illustrated

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Emily Dorothy Scarborough

New 6x9 inch paperback edition. Emily Dorothy Scarborough compiled these stories and her introduction is titled The Imperishable Ghost. The famous modern short stories in the book are: The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood; The Shadows on the Wall, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman; The Messenger, by Robert W. Chambers; Lazarus, by Leonid Andreyev; The Beast with Five Fingers, by William Fryer Harvey; The Mass of Shadows, by Anatole France; What Was It?, by Fitz-James O'Brien; The Middle Toe of the Right Foot, by Ambrose Bierce; The Shell of Sense, by Olivia Howard Dunbar; The Woman at Seven Brothers, by Wilbur Daniel Steele; At the Gate, by Myla Jo Closser; Ligeia, by Edgar Allan Poe; The Haunted Orchard, by Richard Le Gallienne; The Bowmen, by Arthur Machen; and A Ghost, by Guy de Maupassant.

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With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow is a classic masterpiece of weird 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. An air of futility and doom pervade these pages like a sweet insidious poison. Dare you read it?This collection has been called the most important book in Amercian supernatural fiction between Poe and the moderns. 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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The King in Yellow

The elusive, mysterious play 'The King in Yellow, ' weaves through several of the stories in this collection. It was Chambers' ability to integrate dread suspense, while alluding to supernatural events, that became influential in defining the tone of 20th century horror and fantasy.

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The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories written by Robert W. Chambers and published in 1895. 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. The first four stories in the collection involve an imaginary two-act play of the same title.

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Bram Stoker

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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In 1895, Robert W Chambers published The King In Yellow. 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. This classic literature book is among Chambers best known works. We have formatted the book for an easy reading experience if you enjoy historic classic literary work.

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THE KING IN YELLOW Robert W Chambers

With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow is a classic masterpiece of weird 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. An air of futility and doom pervade these pages like a sweet insidious poison. Dare you read it?

The second day we ran out of the storm. I remember on that day that I wore a rather doggy suit of gray-a trifle too doggy for a man of my years. In my buttonhole reposed a white carnation, and as I strolled into the smoking-room I was humming under my breath an air from "Miss Helyet"-a thing I had not thought of in twenty years."Well, upon my word!" exclaimed a man who looked up from his novel as I entered the doorway. "Gad! You haven't changed in twenty years!-except that your moustache is--""Sure! And my temples, Williams! Besides, I have two grown-up daughters aboard! How are you, anyway, you Latin Quarter come-back?"We settled ourselves, hands still warmly clasped."You're not going back to Paris?" I asked."Why, man, I live there.""By George, so you do! I forgot."There was a silence-that smiling, retrospective silence which ends inevitably in a sigh not entirely painful."Are any of the old men left there?" I asked."Some.""I-I suppose the city has changed a lot. Men who've been over since, say so.""It hasn't changed, radically.""Hasn't it, Williams?" I asked wistfully."No. The old café is exactly the same. The Luxembourg Quarter will seem familiar to you--""I'm not going there," I said hastily.He smiled; I could see him doing it, askance. But my features remained dignified and my attitude detached."I wonder," I began carelessly, "whether--""She got married," he said casually; "I'm glad. She was a sweet little thing."

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