The King in Yellow
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781608640195
Paperback|9781608640195
✨ Featured Offer
Brand New
$18.88
List Price: $15.95
🚚
See all 2 offers from $18.88 FREE standard delivery by: 03 Apr 2026
Overview
The central cycle of macabre stories, set in a then-future 1920's Paris and America, center on a fictitious play "The King in Yellow" the reading of which drives one mad. The color yellow was an evocative element of the decadent movement-typified by the notorious literary journal The Yellow Book and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper." Chambers work bridges the gap between the decadent literature of the 19th century and the fantastic pulp fiction of the twentieth. Chambers can be viewed as a direct pre-cursor to H.P. Lovecraft and his particular style of fantastic horror. Lovecraft first read The King in Yellow in the late 1920's. The stories were highly influential on the younger writer-later incorporating references to them in his own works such as "The Call of Cthulhu" and his "History of the Necronomicon."
| ISBN-13 | 9781608640195 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1608640191 |
| Weight | 0.71 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.50 x 0.57 x 8.50 In |
| List Price | $15.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Pages | 250 pages |
| Publisher | Rebel Satori Press |
| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
✨ Brand New
Seller details
Alibris
Sparks, NV, USA
Print on demand Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 250 p.
Free delivery by: 03 Apr 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Bonita
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
Free delivery by: 03 Apr 2026