The King in Yellow

"Originally published as The King in Yellow in 1895 in New York City, New York, United States of America, by F. Tennyson Neely."

About the author

ROBERT W. CHAMBERS was an American novelist and short story writer. His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of Art Nouveau short stories published in 1895. E. F. Bleiler described The King in Yellow as one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction.

Summary

The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published 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 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.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Chambers, Robert W Chambers, Robert W./ Klinger Chambers
• Assisted by: Eric Guignard (Editor), Eric J Guignard (Editor), Eric J. Guignard (Editor), Leslie Klinger (Editor), Leslie S Klinger (Editor), Leslie S. Klinger (Editor), Klinger Leslie S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781464213717
• ISBN: 978-1-4642-1371-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Haunted Library Horror Classic; Haunted Library Horror Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, FICTION / Horror, Classic horror & ghost stories