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The King in Yellow

The King in Yellow

by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William), 1865-1933

BookID: 8492

Language:English

Contents:The repairer of reputations -- The mask -- 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 -- Rue Barrée.

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Short stories, AmericanHorror tales, AmericanUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction

Description

"The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers is a collection of short stories published in 1895. The book opens with supernatural horror tales connected by a forbidden play that drives readers to madness. A mysterious entity called the King in Yellow, an eerie Yellow Sign, and the cursed play itself haunt the first four stories, set in a future 1920s America and Paris. The collection gradually shifts tone, ending with romantic tales, but the opening horror stories have earned acclaim as classics of weird fiction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

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