

An edition of The King in Yellow (1895)
By Robert W. Chambers
Publish Date
Jul 01, 2007
Publisher
MALPERTUIS
Language
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Pages
249
Description:
An important early classic of fantasy/sci-fi. [Main story:] The ill effects of a soul-destroying play, to read which brings doom. A discovery that changes living flesh to stone. The mad adherents of a cult of evil powers from beyond. A lost traveler is suddenly 400 years in the past. Great writing; powerful emotions. Chambers wrote mainly conventional stuff, but not here.
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Places: United States; Bretagne
Times: 1900