The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers [TRADE PAPERBACK] 2010 • Forgotten Books • Remastered Facsimile Text

The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

TRADE PAPERBACK [2010] FORGOTTEN BOOKS

Classic reprint series containing remastered facsimile text of the first edition.

Jumbo trade paperback in excellent condition.  Like new with some trace discoloration to text block. 

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.  Since their first publication in 1895 they have become cult classics, influencing writers from the renowned master of cosmic horror H. P. Lovecraft to the creators of HBO's True Detective.

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 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.

Contents:
The Repairer of Reputations
The Mask
The Court of the Dragon
The Yellow Sign
The Demoiselle d'Ys
The Prophets' Paradise
The Street of the Four Winds
The Street of the First Shell
The Street of Our Lady of the Fields
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