The King in Yellow
by Robert W. Chambers
Publisher: F. Tennyson Neely 1895
Number of pages: 316
Description:
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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