The King in Yellow: Large Print Edition The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers, Large Print Edition. Fear the forbidden play which induces despair and madness in those who read its pages. These tales of the macabre dare only hint at its existence without leading you to destruction! Herein lie the secrets of Carcosa and the Yellow Sign. This classic collection of macabre short stories is centered around The Yellow King, a mysterious play which induces fear and insanity upon the reader. The supernatural and malevolent character of the King is both greatly feared and worshiped. Other secret symbols with arcane meanings, such as the Yellow Sign and The Mask are presented throughout the book. The stories in the book include:* The Repairer of Reputations - A powerful, weird story of egotism and paranoia that carries the imagery of the book's title.* The Mask - A dream story of art, love, and curious 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 hints back to the first story.The tales in The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers are set in Paris and there are many short quotes and poems hinting at a supernatural land called Carcosa. |
