The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

Some of his novels touch upon colonial life in Broadalbin and Johnstown. Many of his works were also serialized in magazines.Īfter 1924 he devoted himself solely to writing historical fiction.Ĭhambers for several years made Broadalbin his summer home. According to some estimates, Chambers was one of the most successful literary careers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of weird short stories, connected by the theme of the fictitious drama The King in Yellow, which drives those who read it insane.Ĭhambers returned to the weird genre in his later short story collections The Maker of Moons and The Tree of Heaven, but neither earned him such success as The King in Yellow.Ĭhambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living.

Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, In the Quarter (written in 1887 in Munich).

On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue magazines. Chambers studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and at Académie Julian, in Paris from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889.

His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of weird sho Robert William Chambers was an American artist and writer.Ĭhambers was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute,and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was his fellow student. Chambers was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute,and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was his fellow student. Robert William Chambers was an American artist and writer.

The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers