Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
The King in Yellow is a fascinating, almost two-faced work. The first half consists of five legendary weird tales, loosely tied together by a fictional play—the eponymous King in Yellow—that drives those who read it mad. Celebrated by authors like H. P. Lovecraft and Lin Carter, these stories are classic tales of madness, despair, and strange happenings.
With the fifth tale the reader finds a sort of palate-cleansing collection of short prose-poems leading into the last four stories, which take a sharp turn away from the weird and into the romantic. The concluding tales are set in the Parisian art world.
In modern times The King in Yellow enjoys a reputation largely due to the strength of its first half of macabre tales, but by no means does that make the second half less enjoyable. Both halves are written in a quick, light prose style that demonstrates why Chambers was a best-seller in his day.
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Social life and customs, Fiction, Fiction, horror, Fiction, short stories (single author), United states, social life and customs, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, collections & anthologies, Fiction, fantasy, paranormal, American fiction, American Short stories, Cuentos estadounidenses, Fiction, general, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Literature, American Paranormal fiction, Graphic novels, Literature, history and criticismPlaces
United StatesTimes
19th centuryShowing 5 featured editions. View all 430 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1 |
aaaa
|
2 |
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3 |
bbbb
|
4 |
bbbb
|
5 |
bbbb
|
Book Details
ID Numbers
Source records
Community Reviews (2)
Feedback?History
- Created February 8, 2022
- 3 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
October 3, 2023 | Edited by OnFrATa | Merge works (MRID: 84202) |
January 30, 2023 | Edited by Tom Morris | merge authors |
February 8, 2022 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from standard_ebooks:robert-w-chambers record |