Author:Robert William Chambers

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Robert William Chambers
(1865–1933)

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Robert William Chambers was an American artist and writer, best known for his book of short stories The King in Yellow (1895), the first half of which contains highly regarded supernatural fiction.

Works

In the Quarter (1894)
The King in Yellow (1895) short stories (external scan)
- The Repairer of Reputations
- The Mask
- In the Court of the Dragon
- The Yellow Sign
- The Demoiselle d'Ys
- The Prophets' Paradise
- The Street of the Four Winds
- The Street of the First Shell
- The Street of Our Lady of the Fields
- Rue Barrée
The Maker of Moons (collection) (1896) (external scan)
- The Maker of Moons (1896, English Illustrated)
- The Silent Land
- The Black Water
- In The Name of the Most High
- The Boy's Sister
- The Crime
- A Pleasant Evening
- The Man At The Next Table
The Mystery of Choice (1896)
- The Purple Emperor
- Pompe Funèbre
- The Messenger
- The White Shadow
- Passeur
- The Key to Grief
- A Matter of Interest
- Envoi
Lorraine (1897)
Ashes of Empire (1898)
Collector of the Porte (1898)
Cardigan (1901)
In Search of the Unknown (1904)
The Reckoning (1905)
The Tracer of Lost Persons (1906)
The Tree of Heaven (1907)
The Green Mouse (1907)
The Common Law (1911)
Blue-Bird Weather (1912) Illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson
The Gay Rebellion (1913)
Quick Action (1914)
Athalie (1915)
Who goes There! (1915)
Police!!! (1915)
The Girl Philippa (1916)
The Moonlit Way (1919)
The Slayer of Souls (1920)
The Talkers (1923)
The Yellow Sign and Other Stories: The Complete Weird Tales of Robert W. Chambers (2001, ed. S. T. Joshi) collection of his horror and fantasy tales
The Red Republic

Individual short stories

"The Black Water" in English Illustrated, Vol 15, 1896
"The Case of Mr. Helmer" in Harper's Magazine, 1904
"Collector of the Porte" in English Illustrated, Vol 20, 1898-99
"The Harbour-Master" (novelette) in English Illustrated, Vol 22, 1899
"The Maker of Moons" in English Illustrated, Vol 15, 1896
"Non-combatants" in Harper's Magazine, 1904
' "Passeur!" ' in English Illustrated, Vol 18, 1897-98
"The Pickets" in McClure's Magazine, 1896
"Romance" in Collier's Magazine, 1908
"Trouble for Two" in Harper's Magazine, 1904
"Yo Espero" in Scribner's Magazine, 1897
"A Young Man in a Hurry" in Harper's Magazine, 1904

Works about Chambers

"Chambers, Robert William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1925.

The author died in 1933, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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