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 www.doorway.ru by: 1. Robert William Chambers () was an American illustrator and writer, best known for The King in Yellow, his influential and odd collection of ten macabre and French short stories first published in The title refers to a fictional play featured in four of the stories, and to a mysterious and malevolent supernatural entity within that play who may very well exist outside of it. Robert William Chambers () was an American illustrator and writer, best known for The King in Yellow, his influential and odd collection of ten macabre and French short stories first published in The title refers to a fictional play featured in four of the stories, and to a mysterious and malevolent supernatural entity within that play who may very well exist outside of it.
𝓦𝐓 The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories written by Robert W. Chambers and published in The stories could be categorized as early horror fiction or Victorian Gothic fiction, but the work also touches on mythology, fantasy, mystery, science fiction and romance. The first four stories in the collection involve a fictional two-act play of the same title: The King in. The King In Yellow is the dread play at the heart of the stories that form the book of the same name by Robert W. Chambers. As first described, in The Repairer Of Reputations: "When the French government seized the translated copies which had just arrived in Paris, London, of course, became eager to read it. It is well known how the book spread like an infectious disease, from city to city. Robert William Chambers () was a Brooklyn-born artist and author. After studying art in Paris, he worked as an illustrator in New York for Life, Vogue, and Truth magazines. With the immediate success of The King in Yellow, he became a full-time author, publishing more than 70 books.
You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.doorway.ru Title: The King in Yellow Author: Robert W. Chambers Posting Date: Decem [EBook #] Release Date: July, [This file was first posted on J] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KING IN YELLOW *** Produced by Suzanne Shell, Beth Trapaga, Charles Franks, and. Print. 𝓦𝐓 The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories written by Robert W. Chambers and published in The stories could be categorized as early horror fiction or Victorian Gothic fiction, but the work also touches on mythology, fantasy, mystery, science fiction and romance. The first four stories in the collection involve a fictional two-act play of the same title: The King in Yellow ]]. Robert W. Chambers () wrote at least 87 books, but only one is still read today. The King in Yellow is a strange and marvelous collection of short stories, first published in , but still capable of stirring up readers in the 21st century. In , sales spiked again when The King in Yellow was touted.
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