![]() But this technique of telling the reader that there is something so awful it can’t be described – a technique used frequently in weird fiction, particularly by my old friend Lovecraft – strikes me as a major cop-out. ![]() The awful truths contained in the play of The King in Yellow are not revealed to the reader, so fortunately at least I was spared from being driven insane. In truth, I found it a rather disappointing collection, with only one story that stood out for me. For this new edition, Pushkin Press have extracted the four that are linked and omitted the other six, which reviews tell me are mostly of a different style.Įach story is very short, so the entire volume isn’t much more than novella length. The first thing to say is that it appears that Chambers’ The King in Yellow collection usually includes ten stories. ![]() The very banality and innocence of the first act only allowed the blow to fall afterward with more awful effect. ![]() It could not be judged by any known standard, yet, although it was acknowledged that the supreme note of art had been struck in The King in Yellow, all felt that human nature could not bear the strain, nor thrive on words in which the essence of purest poison lurked. ![]() This is a short collection of four horror stories, all linked by a play called The King in Yellow which, we are told, reveals truths so awful that anyone who reads it will be driven to madness and despair. ![]()
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