The King in Yellow · Character
Mr. Wilde
A soft-spoken, unsettling presence who reads dynasties into being and treats other men's minds as instruments to be tuned to his own key.
supporting
First appearance: The Repairer of Reputations
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A mysterious figure who claims to be the 'Repairer of Reputations' and encourages Hildred's delusions of grandeur.
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In The Repairer of Reputations: A mysterious figure who claims to be the 'Repairer of Reputations' and encourages Hildred's delusions of grandeur. Later, in I: Referred to as a 'lunatic' by Hawberk, but the narrator…
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