The King in Yellow
By Robert W. Chambers
Cover: Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Old Battersea Bridge (c. 1872-75), oil on canvas by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1903)
The King in Yellow is a short story collection by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895. The British first edition was published by Chatto & Windus in 1895 (316 pages). The book contains nine short stories and a sequence of poems; while the first stories belong to the genres of supernatural horror and weird fiction, The King in Yellow progressively transitions towards a more light-hearted tone, ending with romantic stories devoid of horror or supernatural elements. The horror stories are highly esteemed, and it has been described by critics such as E. F. Bleiler, S. T. Joshi, and T. E. D. Klein as a classic in the field of the supernatural.
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