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"The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers - Part 1/2
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"The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers - Part 1/2

In which we learn to love French and ask ourselves "Who is the King in Yellow?"

This week we discuss the first five stories in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers: “The Repairer of Reputations,” “The Mask,” “In the Court of the Dragon,” “The Yellow Sign,” and “The Demoiselle d’Ys.”

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Time Codes

  • 01:06 Introduction

  • 04:20 Readings for next time

  • 06:22 Chambers according to Robin D. Laws

  • 10:13 The King in Yellow Act 1, Scene 2

  • 11:57 “The Repairer of Reputations”

  • 31:07 “The Mask”

  • 47: 31 “In the Court of the Dragon”

  • 1:02:30 “The Demoiselle d’Ys”

  • 1:10:06 Final thoughs

  • 1:16:45 Wrapup

Next Read: The Whisperer in Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft; "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" and "Haïta the Shepherd" by Ambrose Bierce

Continuing down the King in Yellow rabbit hole, we will be reading three stories that feed into the mythos: "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" and "Haïta the Shepherd" by Ambrose Bierce as found in his short story collection Can Such Things Be?, followed by The Whisperer in Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft.

See you then!

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