Here is the topic almost everyone dreads and almost no one like thinking about. The Lethal Chambers could be a perfect example. The author plays with the most disturbing and off-limits themes. What kind of world is that? This is the place where laws of logic don’t work at all.
Chambers’ universe is a dark, mysterious world, something one can see in the most bone-chilling nightmares and then wake up screaming at the top of his/her lungs, trying to catch breath. The author does masterfully play with basic human’s fears, making us shudder. Even if a story describes absolutely trivial events, a reader feels that there is something strange, unknown and frightening awaits him/her sooner or later. A reader can’t help but wonder what is going to happen next. Why is this work so fascinating? First of all, this literary work is famous for its unsurpassed atmosphere of suspense. It definitely helps the author to recreate atmosphere of Paris and immerse readers in it, help them to feel it. It might be just an assumption but one may say that The King in Yellow contains some autobiographical elements, for some stories take place in Paris, a city where Robert W.
The mere fact that Howard Philips Lovecraft and many other writers read and adored The King in Yellow shows that it is not a second-rate work. Published in the end of 19th century, to be more precise in 1895, this collection of horror and mystic stories became a real hit and one of the most famous and successful works of Robert W. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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