# Alec — The King in Yellow character guide

> Alec in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-the-repairer-of-reputations

## Who they are

A friend in The Repairer of Reputations.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/chapters/i)

Narrator and painter; in love with Geneviève; friend of Boris.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/chapters/iii)

The narrator; falls ill after Geneviève's confession, destroys Boris's formula and papers, and reads Boris's will.

## Links

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