The King in Yellow – Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers / A nice hardcover edition from Pushkin Press / 155 pages / ISBN 9781782273769
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A beautiful gift edition of the supernatural horror cult classic that inspired H.P. Lovecraft
The weird tales in this slim volume are all linked by a play, the second act of which reveals truths so terrible and beautiful that it drives all who read it to despair: The King in Yellow.
These four macabre, uncanny and unsettling stories are some of the most thrilling ever written in the field of weird fiction, and since their first publication in 1895 have become a cult classic, influencing many writers. Contains: Contains: ‘The Repairer of Reputations’, ‘The Mask’, ‘In the Court of the Dragon’, ‘The Yellow Sign’
