Also download the Kindle cover thumbnail to see the cover in your Kindleâs library. Both halves are written in a quick, light prose style that demonstrates why Chambers was a best-seller in his day.Ĭompatible epub â All devices and apps except Kindles and Kobos.Īzw3 â Kindle devices and apps. In modern times The King in Yellow enjoys a reputation largely due to the strength of its first half of macabre tales, but by no means does that make the second half less enjoyable. The concluding tales are set in the Parisian art world. With the fifth tale the reader finds a sort of palate-cleansing collection of short prose-poems leading into the last four stories, which take a sharp turn away from the weird and into the romantic. Lovecraft and Lin Carter, these stories are classic tales of madness, despair, and strange happenings. The first half consists of five legendary weird tales, loosely tied together by a fictional playâthe eponymous King in Yellowâthat drives those who read it mad. The King in Yellow is a fascinating, almost two-faced work. Standard Ebooksħ2,577 words (4 hours 24 minutes) with a reading ease of 71.55 (fairly easy) Chambers - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover.
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