Publisher's Synopsis
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by the American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published in 1895. 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 horror stories, and the book has been described by critics such as E. F. Bleiler and T. E. D. Klein as a classic in the field of the supernatural. There are 10 stories; The King In Yellow; The Repairer Of Reputations; The Mask; In 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 & Rue Barrée.
