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• Publisher: Sovereign
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781910150696
• Edition: 0

The King in Yellow is a book of mysteries and supernatural stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers. The stories inspired production of the new hit HBO series True Detective. 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 which induces despair or madness in those who read it.

Table of 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