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The King in Yellow
Contributor(s): Chambers, Robert W. (Author)
ISBN:     ISBN-13: 9798703108710
Publisher: Independently Published
OUR PRICE:   $8.96  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2021
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.7 lbs) 232 pages
 
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"There a painless death awaits him who can no longer bear the sorrows of this life."

― Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow

The King in Yellow by the American writer Robert W. Chambers is a book consisting of 10 short stories with themes ranging from supernatural, tragic, and romance. The first four stories mention The King in Yellow-which the book is named after; it is a forbidden play that supposedly has the power to induce despair or madness to those who read it.

The stories in the book are:

  • "The Repairer of Reputations" ― The story of Hildred Castaigne who is committed to an asylum and, after coming across The King in Yellow, thinks he is the last king of America.
  • "The Mask" ― A dream story of art, love, and a magical liquid
  • "In the Court of the Dragon" ―A man disturbed by a church organist who is after his soul.
  • "The Yellow Sign" ― Involves an artist named Scott and his troubles with a sinister churchyard watchman.
  • "The Demoiselle d'Ys" ― A tragic ghost story.
  • "The Prophets' Paradise"― A collection of eerie prose poems that together form a story.
  • "The Street of the Four Winds" ―A tale of a solitary man named Severn and his strange encounter with a cat lady.
  • "The Street of the First Shell" ―A war romance story set in the Paris Siege of 1870.
  • "The Street of Our Lady of the Fields" ― Story of romantic American bohemian artists in Paris.
  • "Rue Barr e" ― A story of American art students in Paris that ties back to the first story

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