The King in Yellow (G. Edwin Taylor Limited Edition)
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781466476653
Paperback|9781466476653
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Underworld amusements has produced this limited edition to coincide with the Things That Go Bump in the Night gallery exhibition at Gallery Provocateur in Chicago, IL.The cover art was painted for this annual show by G. Edwin Taylor. Copies will only be available from Oct. 29th, 2011, to January 31st, 2012.The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories written by Robert W. Chambers and published in 1895. The stories could be categorized as early horror fiction or Victorian Gothic fiction, but the work also touches on mythology, fantasy, mystery, science fiction and romance. The first four stories in the collection involve an imaginary two-act play of the same title.The first four stories are loosely connected by three main devices:A play in book form entitled The King in YellowA mysterious and malevolent supernatural entity known as The King in YellowAn eerie symbol called The Yellow SignThese stories are macabre in tone, centering on characters that are often artists or decadents. The first story, "The Repairer of Reputations", is set in an imagined future 1920s America.The other stories in the book do not follow the macabre theme of the first four, and most are written in the romantic fiction style common to Chambers' later work. Some are linked to the preceding stories by their Parisian setting and artistic protagonists.
| ISBN-13 | 9781466476653 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1466476656 |
| Weight | 0.83 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 In |
| List Price | $16.66 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 210 pages |
| Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Published On | 2011-10-27 |
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