No definite principles had been violated in those wicked pages, no doctrine promulgated, no convictions outraged. It is well known how the book spread like an infectious disease, from city to city, from continent to continent, barred out here, confiscated there, denounced by press and pulpit, censured even by the most advanced of literary anarchists. "When the French government seized the translated copies which had just arrived in Paris, London, of course, became eager to read it. Laden with symbolism, mystery, and unreality, The King in Yellow is a classic depiction of supernatural events that push unreliable narrators into madness.As first described, in The Repairer Of Reputations: Lovecraft, Raymond Chandler, and the HBO series True Detective. “The Mask,” “The Yellow Sign,” and “The Demoiselle d’Ys” are some of the most famous stories from this collection that inspired writers such as H.P. The main characters of Chambers’s stories are often artists or decadents in 19th-century France who are considered morally or socially questionable by traditional standards.
Chambers took the name Carcosa from a short story by Ambrose Bierce entitled “An Inhabitant of Carcosa,” though there is not a strong connection between the content of this story and the short stories in this collection. The King in Yellow and his yellow sign are portrayed as malevolent forces which remain mysterious readers. The stories thus adopt supernatural, absurd, and eerie themes and events. Over the course of the stories, readers discover that the second act of this play causes madness or despair when read. It takes its title from a fictional play that features in Chambers’ story, which has the same title. Originally published in 1895, The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers is a highly esteemed and strange collection of stories.
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