Books with author William Chambers

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.

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

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!)