If you read Lovecraft you've probably heard of The King in Yellow. Lovecraft found the book interesting and wove references to some of its elements into many of his stories. Yet at the same time, Lovecraft said it had "uneven interest and a somewhat trivial and affected cultivation of the Gallic studio atmosphere" in his essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature."
Still, I was not fully aware of the uneven interest when I sat down to read the book.
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Published on October 07, 2025 13:49