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The King in Yellow (1895) by: Robert W. Chambers /, horror, supernatural /
Contributor(s): Chambers, Robert W. (Author)

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 ISBN: 1976590345     ISBN-13: 9781976590344
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $8.71  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2017
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- Fiction
Physical Information: 0.26" H x 8" W x 10" L (0.57 lbs) 122 pages
 
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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 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 first half of the book features highly esteemed weird stories, and the book has been described by critics such as E. F. Bleiler, S. T. Joshi and T. E. D. Klein 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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