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 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 Yellow Sign" inspired a film of the same name released in 2001.

The King In Yellow

Literature & Fiction

W. Chambers, Robert

Classics

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A tale of doomed love set in the Latin Quarter of Paris, where the merry art students live and move and have their being, and over which the halo of romance ever hangs; a peculiar people with whom we have spent many an entrancing hour in company with such volumes as "Trilby" and "A King in Yellow."

In the Quarter (Annotated)

Romance

Paranormal

<p>Robert William Chambers (1865 – 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled The King in Yellow, published in 1895. Despite his effective later abandonment of the weird supernatural tale, Chambers's early works heavily influenced Lovecraft's tales. Chambers had one of the most successful literary careers of his period life, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. Many of his works were also serialized in magazines.</p>

The King in Yellow

The supernatural stories that make up Robert W. Chambers’s classic piece of weird fiction are tied together by a play that brings madness to all who read it: The King in Yellow. It’s a book that draws readers in with an irresistible yet innocent opening act, then drives them insane with the poisonous words of Act 2. It’s a book that cannot be suppressed, spreading like a disease from city to city, continent to continent. An influence on writers from H. P. Lovecraft to Neil Gaiman, The King in Yellow is one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction.

The king in yellow

United States

EL REY DE AMARILLO

I.N.J. Culbard

Comics & Graphic Novels

NORMA EDITORIAL, S.A.

A Young Man in a Hurry: and Other Short Stories - The Complete, Original and Unabridged Edition

Short Stories & Anthologies

Independently published

The Gay Rebellion: Classic Illustrated Edition

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

The King in Yellow: With original annotation

Genre Fiction

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