The King in Yellow (Version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The King in Yellow (Version 2), credited to Robert W. Chambers, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The King in Yellow (Version 2) by Robert W. Chambers. Read in English by Eva Staes A collection of stories that inspired the works of many writers such as HP Lovecraft, "The King in Yellow" revolves around the play that the main characters read a part of, and those two acts of the play drive them all into madness. - Summary by Eva Staes

Recording facts

• Recording title: The King in Yellow (Version 2)
• Author credits: Robert W. Chambers
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 7:44:57

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• horror
• short stories
• USA
• stories
• supernatural
• 1895

Track guide

1. 00 - Dedication Poem — 1:19
2. 01 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part one — 23:36
3. 02 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part two — 29:34
4. 03 - The Repairer of Reputations - Part three — 32:18
5. 04 - The Mask — 40:44
6. 05 - The Court of the Dragon — 22:21
7. 06 - The Yellow Sign — 44:31
8. 07 - The Demoiselle D'Ys — 35:19
9. 08 - The Prophet's Paradise — 7:25
10. 09 - The Street of the Four Winds — 15:18
11. 10 - The Street of the First Shell - Part one — 15:55
12. 11 - The Street of the First Shell - Part two — 30:06
13. 12 - The Street of the First Shell - Parts three and four — 31:45
14. 13 - The Street of Our Lady of the Fields - Parts one and two — 14:47
15. 14 - The Street of Our Lady of the Fields - Parts three and four — 44:05
16. 15 - The Street of Our Lady of the Fields - Parts five and six — 24:36
17. 16 - Rue Barrée — 51:17

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