Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 13142 Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William) 1865 1933 Chambers, Robert William The King in Yellow Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. The repairer of reputations -- The mask -- 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. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Beth Trapaga, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Chuck Greif. "The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. This work weaves together themes of madness, decay, and the supernatural, often revolving around a mysterious play that drives its readers to madness. The stories explore the lives of various characters, including the ambitious Hildred Castaigne, who becomes entangled with the dark influence of the titular King in Yellow, a character symbolizing despair and horror. At the start of "The King in Yellow," we are introduced to a disquieting atmosphere set in a future America, where the government has established a 'Lethal Chamber' for those seeking voluntary death. The protagonist, Hildred Castaigne, reflects on his recent convalescence from a head injury and his obsession with a particular play, "The King in Yellow." His fixation leads him to visit a deranged character named Mr. Wilde, a so-called "Repairer of Reputations," who signifies the blurring line between sanity and madness. As Hildred interacts with the characters around him, including the romantic tension involving his cousin Louis and Constance, the story hints at a larger, ominous force that looms over their lives, foreshadowing the psychological and tragic consequences of their obsessions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories, American Horror tales, American United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PS Text Horror Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 457831 457832 2024-10-04T07:38:23.014976 2023-10-04T07:18:48.265152 text/html text/html 457239 2017-08-23T10:45:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 171497 2017-08-23T10:45:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 247713 2024-10-04T07:38:32.419929 application/epub+zip 252909 2024-10-04T07:38:26.181965 application/epub+zip 235841 2024-10-04T07:38:24.842990 application/epub+zip 444859 2024-10-04T07:38:37.236053 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424898 2024-10-04T07:38:31.555981 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401071 2022-09-04T10:40:22.333665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427949 427817 2024-10-04T07:38:21.649013 2023-10-04T07:18:47.146168 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 427448 2017-08-23T10:45:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 166283 2017-08-23T10:45:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 427439 2017-08-23T10:45:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 166111 2017-08-23T10:45:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22639 2024-10-04T07:38:37.372910 application/rdf+xml 12683 2024-10-04T07:38:25.409958 image/jpeg 3299 2024-10-04T07:38:25.122992 image/jpeg 243477 2024-10-04T07:38:23.055984 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia