Books with author Chambers Robert William

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The book is named after a fictional play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The first half of the book features highly esteemed weird stories, and the book is described by S.T. Joshi as a classic in the field of the supernatural. There are 10 stories, the first four of which, "The Repairer of Reputations", "The Mask", "In the Court of the Dragon" and "The Yellow Sign", mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in those who read it. "The Yellow Sign" inspired a film of the same name released in 2001.

For fans of HBO’s True Detective, here is the complete, original text of The King in Yellow, a collection of ten Victorian-era short stories that includes some of the most important and defining works in the genre of weird fiction.Along the shore the cloud waves break,The twin suns sink behind the lake,The shadows lengthenIn CarcosaWith these opening lines, Robert W. Chambers introduces readers to The King in Yellow, a fictional play referred to but never fully seen in four of the stories included here: The Repairer of Reputations, The Mask, In the Court of the Dragon, and The Yellow Sign. Set in the dark and sinister world of Carcosa, the play drives all who encounter it to madness and despair, though we, as readers, only glimpse its unspeakable horrors.This seminal collection of short stories has captured the imaginations of generations of readers, including H. P. Lovecraft, who used The King in Yellow as inspiration for the Necronomicon, the fiction-within-a-fiction at the heart of his own genre-defining Cthulu Mythos. More than a century later, The King in Yellow continues to wield remarkable influence in popular culture, and has experienced a resurgence in popularity as a key literary reference in HBO’s hit dramatic series True Detective.

Have you seen The Yellow Sign?Recently referenced at length in the hit HBO series True Detective, The King In Yellow by Robert William Chambers has long been a cult favorite. The Carcosa Myth is an underground mythos which writers have been contributing to for more than 120 years: an interlocking set of stories, poems, and even a play about a fictional city called Carcosa, that can never quite be seen directly. Carcosa shows up first in a story by the American writer Ambrose Bierce, An Inhabitant of Carcosa, and is the central theme of the ten tales in The King in Yellow. The first four stories -- The Repairer of Reputations, The Mask, In the Court of the Dragon and The Yellow Sign -- mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in those who read it. The King in Yellow is a fin de siècle classic and has been described by critics such as E. F. Bleiler as a highly influential work in the field of the supernatural.

• Author’s biography is included• Active table of contents is includedThis eBook contains four books by American writer Rober W. Chambers: The King in Yellow, The Maker of Moons, The Mystery of Choice and The Tree of Heaven. ‘The King in Yellow’ is a book of short stories first published in 1895. E. F. Bleiler described it as one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction. There are ten stories, the first four of which, "The Repairer of Reputations", "The Mask", "In the Court of the Dragon" and "The Yellow Sign", mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play that induces despair or madness in those who read it.‘The Maker of Moons’ is a short story collection published in 1896, which followed the publication of Chambers most famous work, The King in Yellow. It contained eight new stories, including the title story "The Maker of Moons", one of his finest weird tales, and several romantic Art Nouveau stories, concluding with two less distinguished weird tales. The latter were subsequently incorporated into the episodic novel ‘In Search of the Unknown.’ ‘The Mystery of Choice’ is a short story collection published in 1897. Distinguished by an atmospheric use of natural scenery, the stories are mostly set in Breton in France.‘The Tree of Heaven’ is a short story collection published in 1907. Mostly set in New York with a snowy nocturnal backdrop, the stories are light and humorous romantic tales, several of which feature the weird.TABLE OF CONTENTSABOUT THE AUTHORBOOK I. THE KING IN YELLOWLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSTHE REPAIRER OF REPUTATIONSTHE MASKIN THE COURT OF THE DRAGONTHE YELLOW SIGNTHE DEMOISELLE D'YSTHE PROPHETS' PARADISETHE STREET OF THE FOUR WINDSTHE STREET OF THE FIRST SHELLTHE STREET OF OUR LADY OF THE FIELDSRUE BARRÉEBOOK II. THE MAKER OF MOONSTHE MAKER OF MOONSTHE SILENT LANDTHE BLACK WATERIN THE NAME OF THE MOST HIGHTHE BOY’S SISTERTHE CRIMEA PLEASANT EVENINGTHE MAN AT THE NEXT TABLEBOOK III. THE MYSTERY OF CHOICETHE PURPLE EMPERORPOMPE FUNÈBRETHE MESSENGERTHE WHITE SHADOWPASSEURTHE KEY TO GRIEFA MATTER OF INTERESTBOOK IV. THE TREE OF HEAVENLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSCHAPTER I. THE CARPET OF BELSHAZZARCHAPTER II. THE SIGN OF VENUSCHAPTER III. THE CASE OF MR. HELMERCHAPTER IV. THE TREE OF DREAMSCHAPTER V. THE BRIDAL PAIRCHAPTER VI. EX CURIACHAPTER VII. THE GOLDEN POOLCHAPTER VIII. OUT OF THE DEPTHSCHAPTER IX. THE SWASTIKACHAPTER X. THE GHOST OF CHANCE

annotated: contains a brief biografy of the authorThe King in Yellow is a collection of tales of the supernatural by Robert W. Chambers, named after a fictional play with the same title that recurs as a leitmotif through some of its stories. The book contains 10 stories, the first four of which, "The Repairer of Reputations", "The Mask", "In the Court of the Dragon" and "The Yellow Sign", mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in those who read it.Language: EnglishDrop Caps: yesSeparate chapters: yesKindle Superior Formatting: yesTable of Contents: yesLooking for other Art & Poetry Publishing ebook on Amazon!

Robert W. Chambers published The King in Yellow in 1895 as a collection of supernatural memories that interrelated and connected to each different thru an thrilling conceit that prefigured the upward push of postmodernism by means of a very good 1/2 century or extra. The connective tissue tying the tales together is the alleged life of a quaint and curious quantity of forgotten lore. That volume is considered to maintain such incredible and dreadful energy that anybody who dares read it set down upon a direction closer to insanity. The composition of this unusual work changed into undertaken by means of Chambers following a journey to Paris as an art student in which he immersed himself inside the bad imagery of Bohemian and Decade art moves. The result is a book that contains ten self-contained short tales and a fictional play also titled “The King in Yellow” from which excerpts are added at some stage in the stories. The legacy of Chambers’ e-book maintains to increase upon its conceptualization as a proto-postmodernist meta-fiction. Raymond Chandler posted a tale that borrows the equal name and a characters makes an oblique reference to having examine a book called “The King in Yellow.” Several works of H.P Lovecraft introduce references and allusions returned to Chambers’ books inside his personal somewhat comparable interconnected mythos of Cthulhu. The Mysterious Package Company—an immersive interactive present company—created a whole experience targeted around this work of Chambers that culminates in the appearance thru post of a statue of the titular monarch. Familiarity with the memories and the play that make up The King in Yellow can also prove to be invaluable assistance in completely comprehending some of the murkier elements of the HBO collection True Detective. (The one with Matthew McConaughey!)

Because it all seems so improbable-so horribly impossible to me now, sitting here safe and sane in my own library-I hesitate to record an episode which already appears to me less horrible than grotesque. Yet, unless this story is written now, I know I shall never have the courage to tell the truth about the matter-not from fear of ridicule, but because I myself shall soon cease to credit what I now know to be true. Yet scarcely a month has elapsed since I heard the stealthy purring of what I believed to be the shoaling undertow-scarcely a month ago, with my own eyes, I saw that which, even now, I am beginning to believe never existed. As for the harbor-master-and the blow I am now striking at the old order of things-But of that I shall not speak now, or later; I shall try to tell the story simply and truthfully, and let my friends testify as to my probity and the publishers of this book corroborate them. On the 29th of February I resigned my position under the government and left Washington to accept an offer from Professor Farrago-whose name he kindly permits me to use-and on the first day of April I entered upon my new and congenial duties as general superintendent of the water-fowl department connected with the Zoological Gardens then in course of erection at Bronx Park, New York. For a week I followed the routine, examining the new foundations, studying the architect's plans, following the surveyors through the Bronx thickets, suggesting arrangements for water-courses and pools destined to be included in the enclosures for swans, geese, pelicans, herons, and such of the waders and swimmers as we might expect to acclimate in Bronx Park. It was at that time the policy of the trustees and officers of the Zoological Gardens neither to employ collectors nor to send out expeditions in search of specimens. The society decided to depend upon voluntary contributions, and I was always busy, part of the day, in dictating answers to correspondents who wrote offering their services as hunters of big game, collectors of all sorts of fauna, trappers, snarers, and also to those who offered specimens for sale, usually at exorbitant rates. To the proprietors of five-legged kittens, mangy lynxes, moth-eaten coyotes, and dancing bears I returned courteous but uncompromising refusals-of course, first submitting all such letters, together with my replies, to Professor Farrago. One day towards the end of May, however, just as I was leaving Bronx Park to return to town, Professor Lesard, of the reptilian department, called out to me that Professor Farrago wanted to see me a moment; so I put my pipe into my pocket again and retraced my steps to the temporary, wooden building occupied by Professor Farrago, general superintendent of the Zoological Gardens. The professor, who was sitting at his desk before a pile of letters and replies submitted for approval by me, pushed his glasses down and looked over them at me with a whimsical smile that suggested amusement, impatience, annoyance, and perhaps a faint trace of apology.

How is this book unique?Font adjustments & biography includedUnabridged (100% Original content)IllustratedAbout The King in Yellow by Robert William ChambersThe King in Yellow is a book by American writer Robert William Chambers. The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories.The first half of the book features highly esteemed stories, and the book has been described by critics such as E. F. Bleiler, S. T. Joshi and T. E. D. Klein as a classic in the field of the supernatural. There are ten stories, the first four of which ("The Repairer of Reputations", "The Mask", "In the Court of the Dragon", and "The Yellow Sign") mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in those who read it. "The Yellow Sign" inspired a film of the same name released in 2001.

The hero, working under the auspices of the Bronx Zoo, scours the globe in search of extinct and legendary species, including the great auk, invisible swamp-dwelling predators, and "harbor masters," half-men, half-amphibians. Guided by his implacable self-confidence, the bumbling scientist faces down a world of dangers as well as the distractions posed by a series of beguiling women.

As long as she could remember she had been permitted to play with the contents of the late Herr Conrad Wilner's wonder-box. The programme on such occasions varied little; the child was permitted to rummage among the treasures in the box until she had satisfied her perennial curiosity; conversation with her absent-minded father ensued, which ultimately included a personal narrative, dragged out piecemeal from the reticent, dreamy invalid. Then always a few pages of the diary kept by the late Herr Wilner were read as a bedtime story. And bath and bed and dreamland followed. That was the invariable routine, now once more in full swing. Her father lay on his invalid's chair, reading; his rubber-shod crutches rested against the wall, within easy reach. By him, beside the kerosene lamp, her mother sat, mending her child's stockings and underwear. Outside the circle of lamplight the incandescent eyes of the stove glowed steadily through the semi-dusk; and the child, always fascinated by anything that aroused her imagination, lifted her gaze furtively from time to time to convince herself that it really was the big, familiar stove which glared redly back at her, and not a dragon into which her creative fancy had so often transformed it. Reassured, she continued to explore the contents of the wonder-box-a toy she preferred to her doll, but not to her beloved set of water-colours and crayon pencils. Some centuries ago Pandora's box let loose a world of troubles; Herr Wilner's box apparently contained only pleasure for a little child whose pleasures were mostly of her own invention. It was a curious old box, made of olive wood and bound with bands of some lacquered silvery metal to make it strong-rupee silver, perhaps-strangely wrought with Arabic characters engraved and in shallow relief. It had handles on either side, like a sea-chest; a silver-lacquered lock and hasp which retained traces of violent usage; and six heavy strap hinges of the same lacquered metal. Within it the little child knew that a most fascinating collection of articles was to be discovered, taken out one by one with greatest care, played with discreetly, and, at her mother's command, returned to their several places in Herr Wilner's box. There were, in this box, two rather murderous-looking Kurdish daggers in sheaths of fretted silver-never to be unsheathed, it was solemnly understood, except by the child's father. There was a pair of German army revolvers of the pattern of 1900, the unexploded cartridges of which had long since been extracted and cautiously thrown into the mill pond by the child's mother, much to the surprise, no doubt, of the pickerel and sunfish.