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Величайший цикл рассказов конца XIX – начала ХХ века! Отложив книгу, они больше не были уверены в том, насколько реальны события вокруг… Начало альтернативного ХХ века. Во всех городах Соединенных Штатов гуманное правительство открывает Дворцы Смерти для желающих свести счеты с жизнью… Запрещенная к распространению богохульная пьеса "Король в Желтом" вызывает эпидемию душевных расстройств… Тревожные сны людей друг о друге, странные совпадения и преследования в Америке и Европе… Как все эти события связаны между собой и какую роль здесь играет предание о божественно прекрасной Каркозе – городе, который должен посетить каждый…

Величайший цикл рассказов конца XIX – начала ХХ века! Начало альтернативного ХХ века. Во всех городах Соединенных Штатов гуманное правительство открывает Дворцы Смерти для желающих свести счеты с жизнью… Запрещенная к распространению богохульная пьеса «Король в Желтом» вызывает эпидемию душевных расстройств… Тревожные сны людей друг о друге, странные совпадения и преследования в Америке и Европе… Как все эти события связаны между собой и какую роль здесь играет предание о божественно прекрасной Каркозе – городе, который должен посетить каждый поэт и мечтатель, даже если окажется заперт здесь навеки?..

Десять поэтичных и откровенно пугающих историй, нанизанных на тему таинственной пьесы "Король в желтом", неотвратимо меняющей судьбы всех, кто ее читает, и не менее загадочного, рокового "Желтого знака". Книга, которой восхищался Лавкрафт, считавший ее одним из самых ярких образцов "ужаса и сверхъестественного" американской прозы. Книга, оказавшая колоссальное влияние на позднейшую американскую готическую литературу, — включая и самого Лавкрафта, неоднократно использовавшего мотивы Чамберса в своих произведениях.

Начало альтернативного XX века. Во всех городах Соединенных Штатов гуманное правительство открывает Дворцы Смерти для желающих свести счеты с жизнью. Запрещенная к распространению богохульная пьеса «Король в Желтом» вызывает эпидемию душевных расстройств. В Америке и Европе люди видят тревожные сны, наблюдают странные совпадения, спасаются от преследований. Предание о божественно прекрасной Каркозе оживает на страницах величайшего цикла рассказов конца XIX – начала XX века. Вселенная «Короля в Желтом» в разное время вдохновляла таких авторов, как Говард Лавкрафт, Стивен Кинг и Хорхе Луис Борхес. Воспроизведена композиция первого…

Таинственный Король в Жёлтом, загадочная и неведомая Каркоза, пугающий Жёлтый Знак явились в наш мир в конце XIX века, благодаря гению Роберта Чемберса. За десятилетия, прошедшие с момента выхода в 1895 году сборника «Король в Жёлтом», его центральные образы прочно вошли в пантеон литературы сверхъестественного ужаса, а сама книга стала классикой жанра weird fiction. Творениями Чемберса восторгался сам Г. Ф. Лавкрафт, отмечая невероятную мрачность атмосферы некоторых его рассказов, и даже включил его образы в свою литературную мифологию. Более того, «Король в Жёлтом» вдохновил многочисленных подражателей и породил свою собственную…

Who dares to read The King in Yellow? A man pursued by a church organist who wants his soul. An artist plagued by repeated sightings of a watchman who looks like a coffin worm. Ghosts, wayward cats, and scientific dabblings with dire consequences. Each of these ten tales is chilling in its own right, but taken together, they weave a wickedly eerie spell that is sure to enthrall. United by vague references to a play with the same name, which never appears in the book―a play that "induces despair or madness in those who read it"―The King in Yellow is undoubtedly Robert W. Chambers' finest work. The book quickly gained an influence over…

Центральним елементом, який пов’язує між собою першу частину оповідань збірки, є загадкова і заборонена книжка “Король у жовтому”, прочитавши яку, люди втрачають глузд і коять жахливі речі. Другу ж частину збірки становлять реалістичні і почасти автобіографічні оповідання, присвячені Франції і рокам навчання Роберта Чемберса у Національній вищій школі красних мистецтв у Парижі. Написані легким і дотепним стилем, вони змальовують сповнене романтичних почуттів і легковажних витівок богемне життя студентів-художників у Парижі початку ХХ сторіччя.

First published in 1895, this collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers takes its title from The King in Yellow, a fictional drama so laced with "the essence of purest poison" that it drives anyone foolish enough to read it insane. Although suppressed by authorities shortly after publication, copies of the play continue to seduce and destroy unsuspecting men and women who fall under its spell. The King in Yellow was a bestseller in its day, and was later praised by horror emeritus H.P. Lovecraft as a book that "really achieves notable heights of cosmic horror." Its ten stories include "The Yellow Sign," considered by many critics…

The King in Yellow is an essential work in the horror genre, a collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers, first published in 1895. The book is named after a fictional play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The book is described by S.T. Joshi as a classic in the field of the supernatural, and was highly esteemed by horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. There are 10 stories, the first four of which, "The Repairer of Reputations", "The Mask", "In the Court of the Dragon" and "The Yellow Sign", mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in those who read it.

This book contains Robert W. Chambers' 1895 collection of short stories, "The King in Yellow". The first half of this volume contains a number of well-received stories of the weird and strange, and the volume has been hailed as a milestone in the field of the supernatural. The stories of this collection include: "The Repairer of Reputations", "The Mask", "In the Court of the Dragon", "The Yellow Sign", "The Demoiselle D'Ys", "The Prophet's Paradise", "The Streets of the Four Winds", "The Street of the First Shell", and more. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are…

The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers comes with an introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'I read it and reread it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet.' With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow is a classic masterpiece of weird fiction. This series of vaguely connected stories is linked by the presence of a monstrous and suppressed book which brings fright, madness and spectral tragedy to all those who read it. An air of futility and doom pervade these pages like a sweet insidious poison. Dare you read it?…

"Very genuine, though not without the typical mannered extravagance of the eighteen-nineties, is the strain of horror in the early work of Robert W. Chambers, since renowned for products of a very different quality. The King in Yellow, a series of vaguely connected short stories having as a background a monstrous and suppressed book whose perusal brings fright, madness, and spectral tragedy, really achieves notable heights of cosmic fear in spite of uneven interest and a somewhat trivial and affected cultivation of the Gallic studio atmosphere made popular by Du Maurier's Trilby. The most powerful of its tales, perhaps, is The Yellow Sign,…

–Professional formatting, giving you full control over fonts, font sizes, and line spacing –Active table of contents –Bonus short story included: 'An Inhabitant of Carcosa' by Ambrose Bierce, featuring the very first mention of Carcosa in a published work. As seen on HBO's new hit series 'True Detective' ! THE KING IN YELLOW is a 'weird fiction' collection of ten short stories written by Robert W. Chambers. The King in Yellow is the title of a fictional play that upon reading causes misery and madness in its readers. It is also the name of a mysterious malevolent supernatural being. Chambers' work inspired the writings of H.P. Lovecraft,…

&uot;The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895. The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The first half of the book features highly esteemed weird stories, and the book has been described by critics such as E. F. Bleiler, S. T. Joshi and T. E. D. Klein as a classic in the field of the supernatural. There are ten stories, the first four of which («„The Repairer of Reputations“», «„The Mask“», «„In the Court of the Dragon“», and «„The Yellow Sign“») mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play…

He smiled, saying, «Seek her throughout the world.» I said, «Why tell me of the world? My world is here, between these walls and the sheet of glass above; here among gilded flagons and dull jewelled arms, tarnished frames and canvasses, black chests and high-backed chairs, quaintly carved and stained in blue and gold.» «For whom do you wait?» he said, and I answered, «When she comes I shall know her.» On my hearth a tongue of flame whispered secrets to the whitening ashes. In the street below I heard footsteps, a voice, and a song. Robert W. Cambers is an incredible storyteller. His gothic stories are sometimes dark, sometimes charming, all…

The book is named after a fictional play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The first half of the book features highly esteemed weird stories, and the book is described by S.T. Joshi as a classic in the field of the supernatural. There are 10 stories, the first four of which, The Repairer of Reputations, The Mask, In the Court of the Dragon and The Yellow Sign, mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in those who read it. The Yellow Sign inspired a film of the same name released in 2001.

The book is named after a fictional play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The first half of the book features highly esteemed weird stories, and the book is described by S.T. Joshi as a classic in the field of the supernatural. There are 10 stories, the first four of which, The Repairer of Reputations, The Mask, In the Court of the Dragon and The Yellow Sign mention The King in Yellow, a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in those who read it. The Yellow Sign inspired a film of the same name released in 2001.

First published in 1895, “The King in Yellow” is a collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers for which the author is best known. The title of the collection refers to a fictional forbidden play referenced in the first four of the stories of the collection which induces its readers to madness. The remainder of the stories of this volume have a less eerie tone and are written in the romantic fiction style common to Chambers’ later work. “The King in Yellow” is a prominent example of the type of weird fiction which would become increasingly popular near the end of 19th and first part of the 20th century. It is specifically cited as a…