Robert W. Chambers
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American artist, novelist, short story writer (1865–1933)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 26 May 1865
- Died
- 16 December 1933
- Works
- 512
Top works
- The laughing girl
- Secret service operator 13
- The red republic
- The reckoning
- In SEARCH of the UNKNOWN (Annotated)
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1865-05-26
- Active to
- 1933-12-16
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 148
- Total plays
- 1,242
...His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of weird fiction short stories, connected by the theme of a book (to which the title refers) which drives those who read it insane. The King in Yellow, published in 1895, is in the public domain, and an audio recording performed by Peter Yearsley is available for free download at http://librivox.org/king-in-yellow-by-robert-w-chambers. Chambers' fictitious drama The King in Yellow features in Karl Edwa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Chambers
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- children's writer
- Educated at
- Académie Julian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The King in Yellow
- Field of work
- romance novel
- Image
- Robert William Chambers.jpg
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- Commons category
- Robert W. Chambers
- date of birth
- 1865-01-01
- date of death
- 1933-01-01
- Commons Creator page
- Robert W. Chambers
- Commons gallery
- Robert W. Chambers
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- writing language
- English language
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
18 objects attributed to Robert W. Chambers, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana