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The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) wrote at least 87 books, but only one is still read today. The King in Yellow is a strange and marvelous collection of short stories, first published in 1895, but still capable of stirring up readers in the 21st century. In 2014, sales spiked again when The King in Yellow was touted as the “one literary reference you must …

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