Robert W. Chambers 
The King in Yellow [EPUB ebook] 
Weird & Supernatural Tales

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The King in Yellow is a book of short stories named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The book features highly esteemed weird stories and supernatural tales.
Table of Contents:
‘The Repairer of Reputations’ – A weird story of egotism and paranoia which carries the imagery of the book’s title.
‘The Mask’ – A dream story of art, love, and uncanny science.
‘In the Court of the Dragon’ – A man is pursued by a sinister church organist who is after his soul.
‘The Yellow Sign’ – An artist is troubled by a sinister churchyard watchman who resembles a coffin worm.
‘The Demoiselle d’Ys’ – A ghost story.
‘The Prophets’ Paradise’ – A sequence of eerie prose poems that develop the style and theme of a quote from the fictional play The King in Yellow which introduces ‘The Mask’.
‘The Street of the Four Winds’ – An atmospheric tale of an artist in Paris who is drawn to a neighbor’s room by a cat; the story ends with a macabre touch.
‘The Street of the First Shell’ – A war story set in the Paris Siege of 1870.
‘The Street of Our Lady of the Fields’ – Romantic American bohemians in Paris.
‘Rue Barrée’ – Romantic American bohemians in Paris, with a discordant ending that playfully reflects some of the tone of the first story.

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Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for The King in Yellow, a collection of his Art Nouveau short stories. This included several famous weird short stories which are connected by the theme of a fictitious drama of the same title, which drives those who read it insane.

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Bahasa Inggris ● Format EPUB ● Halaman 175 ● ISBN 4064066059620 ● Ukuran file 1.5 MB ● Penerbit e-artnow ● Kota Prague ● Negara CZ ● Diterbitkan 2020 ● Diunduh 24 bulan ● Mata uang EUR ● ID 7492657 ● Perlindungan salinan DRM sosial

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