The King in Yellow

by Robert W. Chambers, David Stuart Davies (Introduction), David Stuart Davies (Editor)

Overview

The supernatural stories that make up Robert W. Chambers’s classic piece of weird fiction are tied together by a play that brings madness to all who read it: The King in Yellow. It’s a book that draws readers in with an irresistible yet innocent opening act, then drives them insane with the poisonous words of Act 2. It’s a book that cannot be suppressed, spreading like a disease from city to city, continent to continent. An influence on writers from H. P. Lovecraft to Neil Gaiman, The King in Yellow is one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction. In this dangerously unputdownable graphic-novel adaptation, I. N. J. Culbard brings to life a thrilling tale of horror that will make readers laugh and cry and tremble with fright . . . Read at your own risk.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781840226447
Publisher:	Wordsworth Editions, Limited
Publication date:	05/28/2010
Pages:	179
Sales rank:	217,786
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

I. N. J. Culbard is an award-winning artist widely known for his graphic adaptations of classics. He collaborated on a critically acclaimed Sherlock Holmes series with
Ian Edginton, as well as adapting several titles by H. P. Lovecraft. Culbard lives in England. Robert William Chambers (1865–1933) was a Brooklyn-born artist and
author. After studying art in Paris, he worked as an illustrator in New York for Life, Vogue, and Truth magazines. With the immediate success of The King in Yellow, he became a full-time author, publishing more than 70 books.

Table of Contents

Contents

The Repairer of Reputations,
The Mask,
In the Court of the Dragon,
The Yellow Sign,
The Demoiselle D'ys,
The Prophets' Paradise,
The Street of the Four Winds,
The Street of the First Shell,
The Street of Our Lady of the Fields,
Rue Barrée,

Editorial Reviews

A book that’s so deeply in love with language and the unseen doesn’t leave very much for an illustrator to work with. Culbard’s style is well-suited to this difficulty—it’s defined as much by what it doesn’t show as by what it does. Instead of laying on the Victorian gingerbread, Culbard creates spare, almost modernist tableaux.

NPR.org

"Altogether one of the greatest weird tales ever written." — H.P. Lovecraft

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