Talk:The Repairer of Reputations

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[edit] Unreliable Narrator

Having just read the story for the first time, shouldn't the plot summary treat the subject with a pinch of salt?

TROR seems to me to be a perfect case of an "Unreliable Narrator", since as the story progresses we find out more and more how delusional Hildred really is. (Eg. his "crown" in his "safe".) This in turn makes us question how much of the rest of the story, as told by him, is actually true. For example, I wondered whether the aristocratic environment described is simply wishful thinking on Hildred's part, because it's an obvious prerequisite for his royal ambitions.

I could also fancy that the suicide chamber doesn't even exist, or that in reality it's a building for a completely different purpose.

Anybody have more in-depth information and analysis for the story? --Syzygy 07:31, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Hyades"?

Is there any support for the notion that in TROR the star cluster is meant by this name? I understood the Hyades are an "earthly" place name in The King in Yellow as well, and that would fit better in the overall setting of the story. --Syzygy 07:31, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vance

I have been wondering weather anyone can shed some light on the charicter Vance. Namely, if he even exists or is a figment of the protagonist's imagination, like the 'crown'. For example, Vance would appear to take his own life after murdering Constance and her father, however since neither charicter was actually murdered, Vance's self-termination would seem fairly pointless. That is simply what the mentally unstable narrator would have expected him to have done. Does anyone disagree? Boldfurykeren 20:50, 11 September 2007 (UTC)