The King in Yellow
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Book Info
Author
Chambers, Robert W.
Word Count
36,000 words
based on page count
Pages
144 pages
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Edition Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Edition Publish Date
2018-01-01
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 1503364127
ISBN-13: 9781503364127
Description
The first four stories are loosely connected by three main devices: A fictional play in book form entitled The King in Yellow A mysterious and malevolent supernatural entity known as The King in Yellow An eerie symbol called The Yellow Sign These stories are macabre in tone, centering, in keeping with the other tales, on characters that are often artists or decadents. The first and fourth stories, "The Repairer of Reputations" and "The Yellow Sign," are set in an imagined future 1920s America, whereas the second and third stories, "The Mask" and "In the Court of the Dragon," are set in Paris. These stories are haunted by the theme: "Have you found the Yellow Sign?" The weird and macabre character gradually fades away during the remaining stories, and the last three are written in the romantic fiction style common to Chambers' later work. They are all linked to the preceding stories by their Parisian setting and artistic protagonists.
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