{"product_id":"the-king-in-yellow-weird-supernatural-tales-paperback","title":"The King in Yellow: Weird \u0026 Supernatural Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert W. Chambers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe King in Yellow is a book of short stories named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The book features highly esteemed weird stories and supernatural tales. Table of Contents: - \"The Repairer of Reputations\" - A weird story of egotism and paranoia which carries the imagery of the book's title. - \"The Mask\" - A dream story of art, love, and uncanny science. - \"In the Court of the Dragon\" - A man is pursued by a sinister church organist who is after his soul. - \"The Yellow Sign\" - An artist is troubled by a sinister churchyard watchman who resembles a coffin worm. - \"The Demoiselle d'Ys\" - A ghost story. - \"The Prophets' Paradise\" - A sequence of eerie prose poems that develop the style and theme of a quote from the fictional play The King in Yellow which introduces \"The Mask\". - \"The Street of the Four Winds\" - An atmospheric tale of an artist in Paris who is drawn to a neighbor's room by a cat; the story ends with a macabre touch. - \"The Street of the First Shell\" - A war story set in the Paris Siege of 1870. - \"The Street of Our Lady of the Fields\" - Romantic American bohemians in Paris. - \"Rue Barr e\" - Romantic American bohemians in Paris, with a discordant ending that playfully reflects some of the tone of the first story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42161620713607,"sku":"9788027308200","price":13.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e798ab0f4e045c662c941dd812ab1ed2.webp?v=1733282640","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-king-in-yellow-weird-supernatural-tales-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}