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"The Repairer of Reputations" is a short story published by Robert W. Chambers in the collection The King in Yellow in 1895. The story is an example of Chambers' horror fiction, and is one of the stories in the collection which contains the motif of the Yellow Sign and the King in Yellow.
"The Repairer of Reputations" – a story of egotism and paranoia which carries the imagery of the book's title. " The Mask " – a dream story of art, love, and uncanny science. "In the Court of the Dragon" – a man is pursued by a sinister church organist who is after his soul.
[5] [6] [7] Chambers wrote Special Messenger (1909), Ailsa Paige (1910) and Whistling Cat (1932), novels set during the American Civil War. [7] Chambers also wrote Cardigan (1901), a historical novel for younger readers, set at the outbreak of the American Revolution. [6] [7] Chambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living.
The characters in the novel express credulity at the very concept of a "repairer of reputations" (rather than simply at Mr.Wilde's obviously imagined success at it). To me this is ironic given that (if one disregards Mr.Wilde's use of mafia-like tactics) the job seems to be essentially that of a spin doctor — Preceding unsigned comment added ...
The English monarchy was restored when Charles II of England (above) became king in 1660.. Restoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration (1660–1688), which corresponds to the last years of Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.
Esther 6 is the sixth chapter of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, [1] The author of the book is unknown and modern scholars have established that the final stage of the Hebrew text would have been formed by the second century BCE. [2]
Acts 6 is the sixth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the institution of the first seven deacons, [1] and the work of one of them, Stephen. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of ...
Romans 6 is the sixth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It was authored by Paul the Apostle , while he was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, [ 1 ] with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius , who added his own greeting in Romans 16:22 . [ 2 ]