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Quick overview

Short story collection from 1895
Four weird tales linked by a cursed play
Influenced later horror writers

What is The King in Yellow about?

The King in Yellow is a collection of linked short stories by the American writer Robert W. Chambers, published in 1895. The first four are weird tales; the later ones are romances set among artists in Paris.

What connects the weird tales is a forbidden play also called The King in Yellow, which drives those who read it mad. The book later influenced H. P. Lovecraft and many horror writers who came after him. Chambers trained as an artist in Paris, which explains the Parisian scenes in the book.

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Epigraph The Repairer of Reputations (part 1)The Repairer of Reputations (part 2)The Mask In the Court of the Dragon The Yellow Sign The Demoiselle d’Ys The Prophets’ Paradise The Street of the Four Winds The Street of the First Shell The Street of Our Lady of the Fields (part 1)The Street of Our Lady of the Fields (part 2)Rue Barrée

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Is The King in Yellow free to download?

Yes. The King in Yellow was first published in 1895, so it is in the US public domain. Robert W. Chambers died in 1933, so it is also free in the EU, where copyright ends 70 years after death. This edition comes from Standard Ebooks, which releases its texts under CC0.