The Mystery Of Choice [Paperback]

Robert W. Chambers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2, 2008

These classic tales, centering on an American in Breton and a local French girl include stories about the murder of a butterfly collector and the haunting spirit of a renegade priest.

Product Details

• Paperback: 162 pages
• Publisher: Black Mask (August 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596545232
• ISBN-13: 978-1596545236
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,378,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mystery and Supernatural Love Stories, October 27, 1997

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This review is from: The Mystery of Choice (Short Story Index Reprint Series) (Hardcover)

Robert W. Chambers is best known for "The King in Yellow", his 1895 horror classic. He returned in 1897 with "The Mystery of Choice".

The highlights of the book are the three Dick Darrel stories; The Purple Emperpr; Pompe Funèbre; and The Messenger. Of the three, The Messenger is the best and also the only supernatural story.

Out of the remaining tails; The White Shadow & The Key to Grief - are okay but predicable; Passeur - is haunting; and A Matter of Interest - is laughable in light of modern paleontology.

The book ends with a four page poem called Eavoi. I am not much for supernatural love poems of the last century.

This is not the haunting madness of "The King of Yellow" but The Messenger, The Purple Emperor, and Passeur make it worth the money.

For more information on the life and works of Robert W. Chambers see The Chambers research Project at: www.ioc.net/~larryloc/yking001.html