The king in yellow
Robert W. Chambers
Bok · Engelsk · 1977
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| Opplysninger | Første utgave: New York : F. Tennyson Neely, 1895. - 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. - Ten of the most frightening and macabre stories ever conceived—horrific visions from the pits of human consciousness...unforgettable flights of fantastic imagination—this is the thrilling essence from which Robert W. Chanbers fashioned The king in yellow. When first published, it was at once recognized as a masterpiece that could only have been written by a genius of the highest order; Chambers was compared to Edgar Allan Poe, and his book became a bestseller. This reputation, this force, and the horrors he conjured up have not diminished.
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