# The King in Yellow

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- Book: [The King in Yellow](https://www.bookquiver.com/leslie-s-klinger/the-king-in-yellow) ([The King in Yellow.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/leslie-s-klinger/the-king-in-yellow.md))
- Authors: [Leslie S. Klinger](https://www.bookquiver.com/leslie-s-klinger), [Eric J. Guignard](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-j-guignard), [Robert Chambers](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-chambers), [Nic Pizzolatto](https://www.bookquiver.com/nic-pizzolatto)
- Publisher: poisoned_pen_press
- ISBN: 978-14-6421-371-7
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2021-08-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published in 1895. 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 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 (" 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.