The Prophets' Paradise

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The Prophets' Paradise is a short story published by Robert W. Chambers in the collection The King in Yellow in 1895. The story is a collection of short, prose-poetic pieces that have seemingly no connection to each other.

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The work opens with the poem:

"If but the Vine and Love Abjuring Band
Are in the Prophets' Paradise to stand,
Alack, I doubt the Prophets' Paradise,
Were empty as the hollow of one's hand."

  • The Studio
  • The Phantom
  • The Sacrifice
  • Destiny
  • The Throng
  • The Jester
  • The Green Room
  • The Love Test

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