The king in yellow

The king in yellow

Robert W. Chambers, 1865-1933

Book - 2010

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 American 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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Subjects
Paranormal fiction, American.
United States > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction.
Horror fiction.
Short stories.
Ghost stories.
Genres
Horror fiction
Short stories
Ghost stories
Published
Hertfordshire : Wordsworth Editions Limited 2010.
Language
English
Main Author
Robert W. Chambers, 1865-1933 (author)
Other Authors
David Stuart Davies, 1946- (-)
Item Description
Originally published in 1895.
Physical Description
xi, 179 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN
9781840226447
  • Introduction
  • The repairer of reputations
  • The mask
  • The court of the dragon
  • The yellow sign
  • The demoiselle d'Ys
  • The prophets, paradise
  • The street of the four winds
  • The street of the first shell
  • The street of Our lady of the fields
  • Rue Barrée.

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