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The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

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The King in Yellow
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Publisher: F. Tennyson Neely
Number of pages: 316

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The first half of the book features highly esteemed weird stories, and the book has been described by critics as a classic in the field of the supernatural. There are ten stories, the first four of which mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in those who read it.

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