The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80s and early 90s, where his work was displayed at the Salon. However, shortly after returning to America, he decided to spend his time in writing. He became popular as the writer of a number of romantic novels, but is now best known as the author of The King In Yellow. This is a collection of the first half of this work of short stories which have an eerie, other-worldly feel to it; but the stories in the second half are essentially love stories, strongly coloured by the authors life as an artist in France.