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And the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth are about the social interplays of young American painters studying in Paris.

The fifth, “The Demoiselle d’Ys”, is a ghost story, and it’s serviceable. It is the remaining six stories that hold me back from recommending The King in Yellow. If the collection of short stories was just these four, I would recommend it, at the very least for the historical perspective of the horror genre and early use of unreliable narrators. The audience learns about the in-universe play in snippets, with short quotes and vague references to plot points, and it looms as a dark spectre over the supernatural events that unfold. These stories all include references to a fictional play titled “The King in Yellow”, which is known to drive readers to madness. Lovecraft to tie Chambers’ works into his own Cthulhu Mythos. The first four stories are considered highly influential works of science fiction and horror, and they directly inspired H.P. The genre shifts so completely after those four that reading the book from cover to cover becomes a chore, and not one that a horror fan should feel the need to put themself through. “The Repairer of Reputations”, “The Mask”, “In the Court of the Dragon” and “The Yellow Sign” are the only reasons that anyone still remembers who Robert W. The King in Yellow is a collection of ten short stories, published in 1895 by Robert W. A book older than 100 years: The King in Yellow by Robert W.

The king in yellow repairer of reputations