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"The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers - Part 1/2
Episode 23

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

Bros Before Prose · Jeremy White; Jonah White

May 30, 20251h 18mExplicit

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Show Notes

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.”


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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