The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
"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.)
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| Author | Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William), 1865-1933 |
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| Title | The King in Yellow |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_Yellow |
| 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. |
| Credits |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Short stories, American |
| Subject | Horror tales, American |
| Subject | United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 8492 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Nov 18, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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