Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /www/libraryLand/subs/music/engine/classes/templates.class.php on line 232 Call Stack: 0.0020 407584 1. {main}() /www/libraryLand/subs/music/engine/rss.php:0 Robert W. Chambers - Free Library Land Online - Music https://music.library.land/ ru Robert W. Chambers - Free Library Land Online - Music DataLife Engine The Mystery of Choice https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/9465-the_mystery_of_choice.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/9465-the_mystery_of_choice.html The Mystery of Choice
The Mystery of Choice is a collection of macabre and eerie short stories, distinguished by an atmospheric use of natural scenery and mostly set in Breton in France.]]> Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:14:26 +0300 The Hidden Children https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/8486-the_hidden_children.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/8486-the_hidden_children.html The Hidden Children
Robert W. Chambers was a prolific American author who wrote a number of genres. His most famous work is the occult classic The King in Yellow.]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:59:35 +0300 The Yellow Sign & Other Stories https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/504892-the_yellow_sign_and_other_stories.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/504892-the_yellow_sign_and_other_stories.html The Yellow Sign & Other Stories
This massive collection brings together the entire body of Robert W. Chambers' weird fiction works including material unprinted since the 1890's. Chambers is a landmark author in the field of horror literature because of his King in Yellow collection. That book represents but a small portion of his weird fiction work, and these stories are intimately connected with the Cthulhu Mythos -- introducing Hali, Carcosa, and Hastur.Short stories from The King in Yellow, The Maker of Moons, The Mystery of Choice, The Tracer of Lost Persons, The Tree of Heaven, and two complete books, In Search of the Unknown and Police!!! This book contains all the immortal tales of Robert W. Chambers, including "The Repairer of Reputations," "The Yellow Sign," and "The Mask." These titles are often found in survey anthologies. In addition to the six stories reprinted from The King in Yellow (1895), this book also offers more than two dozen other stories and episodes, about 650 pages in all. These narratives rarely have appeared in print. Some have not been published in nearly a century. A Chambers novel, The Slayer of Souls (1920), is not included in this short story collection.
]]> Sun, 19 Nov 2000 12:24:34 +0200 The Slayer of Souls https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/4028-the_slayer_of_souls.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/4028-the_slayer_of_souls.html The Slayer of Souls
Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled The King in Yellow, published in 1895.He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to William P. Chambers (1827–1911), a corporate and bankruptcy lawyer, and Caroline Smith Boughton (1842-1913). His parents met when Caroline was twelve years old and William P. was interning with her father, Joseph Boughton, a prominent corporate lawyer. Eventually the two formed the law firm of Chambers and Boughton which continued to prosper even after Joseph's death in 1861. Robert's great-grandfather, William Chambers (birth unknown), a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy, was married to Amelia Saunders,(1765-1822), the great grand daughter of Tobias Saunders, of Westerly, Rhode Island. The couple moved from Westerly, to Greenfield, Massachusetts and then to Galway, New York, where their son, also William Chambers, (1798-1874) was born. The second William graduated from Union College at the age of 18, and then went to a college in Boston, where he studied to be a doctor. Upon graduating, he and his wife, Eliza P. Allen (1793-1880), a direct descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, Rhode Island were among the first settlers of Broadalbin, New York. His brother was architect Walter Boughton Chambers. Robert was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was his fellow student. Chambers studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and at Académie Julian, in Paris from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue magazines. Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, In the Quarter (written in 1887 in Munich). His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of Art Nouveau short stories published in 1895. This included several famous weird short stories which are connected by the theme of a fictitious drama of the same title, which drives those who read it insane.E. F. Bleiler described The King in Yellow as one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction.It was also strongly admired by H. P. Lovecraft and his circle. Chambers returned to the weird genre in his later short story collections The Maker of Moons, The Mystery of Choice and The Tree of Heaven, but none earned him as much success as The King in Yellow. Some of Chambers's work contains elements of science fiction, such as In Search of the Unknown and Police!!!, about a zoologist who encounters monsters. Chambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers had one of the most successful literary careers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. Many of his works were also serialized in magazines. His novel The Man They Hanged was about Captain Kidd, and argued that Kidd was not a pirate, and had been made a scapegoat by the British government.During World War I he wrote war adventure novels and war stories, some of which showed a strong return to his old weird style, such as "Marooned" in Barbarians (1917). After 1924 he devoted himself solely to writing historical fiction.Chambers for several years made Broadalbin, New York, his summer home. Some of his novels touch upon colonial life in Broadalbin and Johnstown.On July 12, 1898, he married Elsa Vaughn Moller (1882–1939). They had a son, Robert Edward Stuart Chambers (who sometimes used the name Robert Husted Chambers).Robert W. Chambers died on December 16, 1933, after having undergone intestinal surgery three days earlier.]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:08:23 +0300 Complete Weird Tales of Robert W Chambers https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/535241-complete_weird_tales_of_robert_w_chambers.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/535241-complete_weird_tales_of_robert_w_chambers.html Complete Weird Tales of Robert W Chambers
]]> Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:04:43 +0200 Works of Robert W Chambers https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/504891-works_of_robert_w_chambers.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/504891-works_of_robert_w_chambers.html Works of Robert W Chambers
]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:24:33 +0200 The Dark Star https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/3468-the_dark_star.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/3468-the_dark_star.html The Dark Star
"Not the dark companion of Sirius, brightest of all stars—not our own chill and spectral planet rushing toward Vega in the constellation of Lyra—presided at the birth of millions born to corroborate a bloody horoscope. "But a Dark Star, speeding unseen through space, known to the ancients, by them called Erlik, after the Prince of Darkness, ruled at the birth of those myriad souls destined to be engulfed in the earthquake of the ages, or flung by it out of the ordered pathway of their lives into strange byways, stranger highways—into deeps and deserts never dreamed of." -an excerpt]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:27:34 +0300 The Adventures of a Modest Man https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/3497-the_adventures_of_a_modest_man.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/3497-the_adventures_of_a_modest_man.html The Adventures of a Modest Man
A Masterpiece of 5 Books by Robert W Chambers (Illustrated and Annotated)1.Barbarians 2.The Moonlit Way – A Novel 3.The Adventures of a Modest Man 4.The Common Law 5.The Maid at Arms – A Novel]]> Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:29:23 +0300 The Business of Life https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/3530-the_business_of_life.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/3530-the_business_of_life.html The Business of Life
Robert W. Chambers was a prolific American author who wrote a number of genres. His most famous work is the occult classic The King in Yellow. A Best Seller Novel of Robert W. Chambers.Includes vintage illustration!Robert W. Chambers was a prolific American author who wrote a number of genres. His most famous work is the occult classic The King in Yellow. A Best Seller Novel of Robert W. Chambers.Includes vintage illustration!]]> Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:31:07 +0300 Cardigan https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/8713-cardigan.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/8713-cardigan.html Cardigan
Robert William Chambers (1865 - 1933) was an American artist, and author of fiction. He is best known for his book of short stories entitled "The King in Yellow" (1895). It is the first book in the eponymous series that deals with the War of Independence, and explores how it affected the great landed families of northern New York. This masterful novel is highly recommended for fans of Chambers’ seminal work, and will be of special interest to those with an interest in the American revolutionary war. Includes vintage illustration!]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:19:02 +0300 The Moonlit Way: A Novel https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/3571-the_moonlit_way__a_novel.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/3571-the_moonlit_way__a_novel.html The Moonlit Way: A Novel
Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled The King in Yellow, published in 1895.He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to William P. Chambers (1827–1911), a corporate and bankruptcy lawyer, and Caroline Smith Boughton (1842-1913). His parents met when Caroline was twelve years old and William P. was interning with her father, Joseph Boughton, a prominent corporate lawyer. Eventually the two formed the law firm of Chambers and Boughton which continued to prosper even after Joseph's death in 1861. Robert's great-grandfather, William Chambers (birth unknown), a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy, was married to Amelia Saunders,(1765-1822), the great grand daughter of Tobias Saunders, of Westerly, Rhode Island. The couple moved from Westerly, to Greenfield, Massachusetts and then to Galway, New York, where their son, also William Chambers, (1798-1874) was born. The second William graduated from Union College at the age of 18, and then went to a college in Boston, where he studied to be a doctor. Upon graduating, he and his wife, Eliza P. Allen (1793-1880), a direct descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, Rhode Island were among the first settlers of Broadalbin, New York. His brother was architect Walter Boughton Chambers. Robert was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was his fellow student. Chambers studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and at Académie Julian, in Paris from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue magazines. Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, In the Quarter (written in 1887 in Munich). His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of Art Nouveau short stories published in 1895. This included several famous weird short stories which are connected by the theme of a fictitious drama of the same title, which drives those who read it insane.E. F. Bleiler described The King in Yellow as one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction.It was also strongly admired by H. P. Lovecraft and his circle... Arthur Ignatius Keller (1866 - 1924).A. I. Keller was born July 4th, 1866. He was the son of Matilda and Adam Keller, a designer and engraver who recognized and encouraged his son’s artistic talent. Arthur’s father was his first teacher. By the age of seventeen, he began his formal training at the National Academy of Design in New York, studying under Professor Lemuel Wilmarth. In 1890 Keller traveled to Munich, Germany to study under Ludwig von Loeffiz. After two years of study he returned to the United States. His father had tried to persuade Arthur to remain in Europe to study in France, as the influence of impressionism was gaining in popularity. But Arthur did not wish to experiment with a genre that was so different from the classical styles that he was developing. In a letter dated 1891 Arthur replied to his father, “This I positively know, namely, I hardly would ever think of entering the Art School in Paris. In fact, I’m already thinking of leaving for good to develop that grain of art which I have sowed here.”....]]> Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:32:59 +0300 The Maid-At-Arms: A Novel https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/8701-the_maid-at-arms__a_novel.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/8701-the_maid-at-arms__a_novel.html The Maid-At-Arms: A Novel
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:18:10 +0300 Ailsa Paige: A Novel https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/8731-ailsa_paige__a_novel.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/8731-ailsa_paige__a_novel.html Ailsa Paige: A Novel
Among the fifty-eight regiments of Zouaves and the seven regiments of Lancers enlisted in the service of the United States between 1861 and 1865 it will be useless for the reader to look for any record of the 3d Zouaves or of the 8th Lancers. The red breeches and red fezzes of the Zouaves clothed many a dead man on Southern battle-fields; the scarlet swallow-tailed pennon of the Lancers fluttered from many a lance-tip beyond the Potomac; the histories of these sixty-five regiments are known. But no history of the 3d Zouaves or of the 8th Lancers has ever been written save in this narrative; and historians and veterans would seek in vain for any records of these two regiments—regiments which might have been, but never were.]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:20:27 +0300 The Little Red Foot https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/8800-the_little_red_foot.html https://music.library.land/robert-w-chambers/8800-the_little_red_foot.html The Little Red Foot
Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled The King in Yellow, published in 1895.He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to William P. Chambers (1827–1911), a corporate and bankruptcy lawyer, and Caroline Smith Boughton (1842-1913). His parents met when Caroline was twelve years old and William P. was interning with her father, Joseph Boughton, a prominent corporate lawyer. Eventually the two formed the law firm of Chambers and Boughton which continued to prosper even after Joseph's death in 1861. Robert's great-grandfather, William Chambers (birth unknown), a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy, was married to Amelia Saunders,(1765-1822), the great grand daughter of Tobias Saunders, of Westerly, Rhode Island. The couple moved from Westerly, to Greenfield, Massachusetts and then to Galway, New York, where their son, also William Chambers, (1798-1874) was born. The second William graduated from Union College at the age of 18, and then went to a college in Boston, where he studied to be a doctor. Upon graduating, he and his wife, Eliza P. Allen (1793-1880), a direct descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, Rhode Island were among the first settlers of Broadalbin, New York. His brother was architect Walter Boughton Chambers. Robert was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was his fellow student. Chambers studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and at Académie Julian, in Paris from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue magazines. Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, In the Quarter (written in 1887 in Munich). His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of Art Nouveau short stories published in 1895. This included several famous weird short stories which are connected by the theme of a fictitious drama of the same title, which drives those who read it insane.E. F. Bleiler described The King in Yellow as one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction.It was also strongly admired by H. P. Lovecraft and his circle. Chambers returned to the weird genre in his later short story collections The Maker of Moons, The Mystery of Choice and The Tree of Heaven, but none earned him as much success as The King in Yellow. Some of Chambers's work contains elements of science fiction, such as In Search of the Unknown and Police!!!, about a zoologist who encounters monsters. Chambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers had one of the most successful literary careers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. Many of his works were also serialized in magazines. His novel The Man They Hanged was about Captain Kidd, and argued that Kidd was not a pirate, and had been made a scapegoat by the British government.During World War I he wrote war adventure novels and war stories, some of which showed a strong return to his old weird style, such as "Marooned" in Barbarians (1917). After 1924 he devoted himself solely to writing historical fiction.Chambers for several years made Broadalbin, New York, his summer home. Some of his novels touch upon colonial life in Broadalbin and Johnstown.On July 12, 1898, he married Elsa Vaughn Moller (1882–1939). They had a son, Robert Edward Stuart Chambers (who sometimes used the name Robert Husted Chambers).Robert W. Chambers died on December 16, 1933, after having undergone intestinal surgery three days earlier.]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:25:11 +0300