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HorrorClassic Fantasy

The King in Yellow

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  • 1895 first published
  • 228 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (18 ratings)
  • 479 editions
  • 🎧 4 h 38 min free audiobook
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Robert W. Chambers's The King in Yellow (1895) is a horror and classic fantasy story collection. The story is set in United States; Bretagne and United states, in 1900. It deals with cuentos estadounidenses.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 18 ratings, and 347 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 479 editions across 3 languages. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 44,422 times in the last 30 days.

At about 228 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours. It is in the public domain, so you can read it free on Project Gutenberg or listen to the 4 h 38 min LibriVox audiobook.

About The King in Yellow

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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Free audiobook

The King in Yellow — LibriVox recording, 4 h 38 min in 9 sections.

Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.

Opening line

“TOWARD the end of the year 1920 the Government of the United States had practically completed the programme, adopted during the last months of President Winthrop's administration.”

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Subjects

  • Horror
  • Short stories, Single author
  • Collections & anthologies fantasy
  • Paranormal fantasy
  • American Short stories
  • Cuentos estadounidenses
  • American Paranormal fiction
  • American Horror tales
  • Short stories, American
  • Horror tales, American
  • United States, Social life and customs, 19th century

Quick answers

Who wrote The King in Yellow?

The King in Yellow was written by Robert W. Chambers and first published in 1895.

What genre is The King in Yellow?

It is usually shelved as Horror and Classic Fantasy.

How long is The King in Yellow?

The median edition has 228 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is The King in Yellow free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

Is there a free audiobook of The King in Yellow?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 4 h 38 min.

What books are similar to The King in Yellow?

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