Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The King In Yellow (1895) By: Robert W Chambers: The King In Yellow Is A Book Of Short Stories, Genre: Decadent Literature, Horror, SupernaturalISBN13:9781541110892ISBN10:1541110897Author:Chambers, Robert W. (Author)Description:The King In Yellow Is A Book Of Short Stories By American Writer Robert W Chambers, First Published By F Tennyson Neely 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 Weird Stories, And The Book 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 There Are Ten Stories, The First Four Of Which (The Repairer Of Reputations, The Mask, In The Court Of The Dragon, And The Yellow Sign) Mention The King In Yellow, A Forbidden Play Which Induces Despair Or Madness In Those Who Read It The Yellow Sign Inspired A Film Of The Same Name Released In 2001 The First Four Stories Are Loosely Connected By Three Main Devices: A Play In Book Form Entitled The King In Yellow A Mysterious And Malevolent Supernatural Entity Known As The King In Yellow An Eerie Symbol Called The Yellow Sign These Stories Are Macabre In Tone, Centering, In Keeping With The Other Tales, On Characters That Are Often Artists Or Decadents, Inhabitants Of The Demi-Monde The First And Fourth Stories, The Repairer Of Reputations And The Yellow Sign, Are Set In An Imagined Future 1920S America, Whereas The Second And Third Stories, The Mask And In The Court Of The Dragon, Are Set In Paris These Stories Are Haunted By The Theme: Have You Found The Yellow Sign? The Weird And Macabre Character Gradually Fades Away During The Remaining Stories, And The Last Three Are Written In The Romantic Fiction Style Common To Chambers' Later Work They Are All Linked To The Preceding Stories By Their Parisian Setting And Their Artistic Protagonists Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 - December 16, 1933) Was An American Artist And Fiction Writer, Best Known For His Book Of Short Stories Entitled The King In Yellow, Published In 1895 He Was Born In Brooklyn, New York, To William P Chambers (1827-1911), A Corporate And Bankruptcy Lawyer, And Caroline Smith Boughton (1842-1913) His Parents Met When Caroline Was Twelve Years Old And William P Was Interning With Her Father, Joseph Boughton, A Prominent Corporate Lawyer Eventually The Two Formed The Law Firm Of Chambers And Boughton Which Continued To Prosper Even After Joseph's Death In 1861 Robert's Great-Grandfather, William Chambers (Birth Unknown), A Lieutenant In The British Royal Navy, Was Married To Amelia Saunders, (1765-1822), The Great Grand Daughter Of Tobias Saunders, Of Westerly, Rhode Island The Couple Moved From Westerly, To Greenfield, Massachusetts And Then To Galway, New York, Where Their Son, Also William Chambers, (1798-1874) Was Born The Second William Graduated From Union College At The Age Of 18, And Then Went To A College In Boston, Where He Studied To Be A Doctor Upon Graduating, He And His Wife, Eliza P Allen (1793-1880), A Direct Descendant Of Roger Williams, The Founder Of Providence, Rhode Island Were Among The First Settlers Of Broadalbin, New York His Brother Was Architect Walter Boughton Chambers Robert Was First Educated At The Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, And Then Entered The Art Students' League At Around The Age Of Twenty, Where The Artist Charles Dana Gibson Was His Fellow Student Chambers Studied At The Cole Des Beaux-Arts, And At Acad Mie Julian, In Paris From 1886 To 1893, And His Work Was Displayed At The Salon As Early As 1889 On His Return To New York, He Succeeded In Selling His Illustrations To Life, Truth, And Vogue Magazines Then, For Reasons Unclear, He Devoted His Time To Writing, Producing His First Novel, In The Quarter (Written In 1887 In Munich) His Most Famous, And Perhaps Most Meritorious, Effort Is The King In Yellow, A Collection Of Art Nouveau Short Stories Published In 1895 Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:CREATESPACEPublication Date:2016-12-15Weight:0.6 lbsDimensions:0.28'' H x 10'' L x 7.99'' WNumber of Pages:130Language:English
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Book Title: King in Yellow (1895). by: Robert W. Chambers : The King in Yellow Is a Book of Short Stories, Genre: Decadent Literature, Horror, Supernatural
Item Length: 10in.
Item Height: 0.3in.
Item Width: 8in.
Author: Robert W. Chambers
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 130 Pages
