The Prophets' Paradise (1895)

by Robert William Chambers

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Robert W. Chanbers' The King in Yellow, a collection of short stories, is considered one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction. Within the collection is "The Prophets' Paradise," a dream-like narrative of prose and poetry. Featuring personifications of Love and Truth, the story's structure has a palindrome-like quality with internal repetition. Romantic in tone and ambiguous in theme, "The Prophets' Paradise" is one of Chambers' more experimental pieces.… (more)

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Das Paradies der Propheten [Kurzgeschichte]

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The Prophets' Paradise [short story]

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1895

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»Wenn nur die Wein und Liebe verachtende Schar
Im Paradies der Propheten bestehen kann,
O weh, so fürchte ich, wäre das Paradies der Propheten
So leer wie meine hohle Hand.«

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Er lächelte und sagte: »Such nach ihr in der ganzen Welt.«

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Robert W. Chanbers' The King in Yellow, a collection of short stories, is considered one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction. Within the collection is "The Prophets' Paradise," a dream-like narrative of prose and poetry. Featuring personifications of Love and Truth, the story's structure has a palindrome-like quality with internal repetition. Romantic in tone and ambiguous in theme, "The Prophets' Paradise" is one of Chambers' more experimental pieces.

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