The Yellow Sign

short story by Robert W. Chambers
VisualArtwork literary_work Q8051829
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The Yellow Sign

Summary

The Yellow Sign is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Yellow Sign authored Robert W. Chambers[3].
  • The Yellow Sign's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Yellow Sign's genre is horror literature[5].
  • The Yellow Sign's Commons category is recorded as The Yellow Sign[6].
  • The Yellow Sign's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • The Yellow Sign was published on 1895[8].
  • The Yellow Sign's has edition or translation is recorded as The Yellow Sign[9].
  • The Yellow Sign's published in is recorded as The King in Yellow[10].
  • The Yellow Sign's published in is recorded as Horror Omnibus[11].
  • The Yellow Sign's published in is recorded as Sleep No More[12].
  • The Yellow Sign's published in is recorded as The Seventeenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories[13].
  • The Yellow Sign's published in is recorded as To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare[14].
  • The Yellow Sign's title is recorded as The Yellow Sign[15].
  • The Yellow Sign's first line is recorded as There are so many things which are impossible to explain![16].
  • The Yellow Sign's last line is recorded as I think I am dying. I wish the priest would—[17].
  • The Yellow Sign's copyright status is recorded as public domain[18].
  • The Yellow Sign's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].
  • The Yellow Sign's epigraph is recorded as Let the red dawn surmise⁠
    What we shall do,
    When this blue starlight dies
    ⁠And all is through.[20].
  • The Yellow Sign's form of creative work is recorded as short story[21].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Yellow Sign authored Robert W. Chambers[3].

Publication

The Yellow Sign was published on 1895[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is horror literature[5].

Why It Matters

The Yellow Sign ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Ringbang · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Epigraph Let the red dawn surmise⁠<br>What we shall do,<br>When this
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P7150]]: Let the red dawn surmise⁠ what we shall do, when this blue starlight dies and all is through."
  2. 8d ago · Ringbang · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from
    Title The Yellow Sign
    Commons category The Yellow Sign
    Library of congress authority id no2018060564
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8179]]: ncf11645677, Added with [[User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers|moreIdentifiers]]"
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