The King in Yellow
by Robert W. Chambers
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About This Book
For readers who delight in the darker corners of the human experience, The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers is a masterful collection of short stories that will transport you to a realm of eerie mystery, madness, and supernatural horror, where the boundaries between reality and the unknown are blurred.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...
Chapters (48)
- THE KING IN YELLOW
- THE REPAIRER OF REPUTATIONS
- I
- II
- III
- THE MASK
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- IN THE COURT OF THE DRAGON
- THE YELLOW SIGN
- I
- II
- III
- THE DEMOISELLE D’YS
- I
- II
- THE PROPHETS’ PARADISE
- THE STUDIO
- THE PHANTOM
- THE SACRIFICE
- DESTINY
- THE THRONG
- THE JESTER
- THE GREEN ROOM
- THE LOVE TEST
- THE STREET OF THE FOUR WINDS
- I
- II
- THE STREET OF THE FIRST SHELL
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- THE STREET OF OUR LADY OF THE FIELDS
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- RUE BARRÉE
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
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