# Mr. Wilde — The King in Yellow character guide

> Mr. Wilde in The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers.

**Role:** supporting

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

## Who they are

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.

## In the story

### [The Repairer of Reputations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/chapters/the-repairer-of-reputations)

A mysterious figure who claims to be the 'Repairer of Reputations' and encourages Hildred's delusions of grandeur.

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

Referred to as a 'lunatic' by Hawberk, but the narrator praises his historical knowledge.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_in_yellow_se/chapters/ii)

A deformed and eccentric man who runs a business as a Repairer of Reputations, employing a network of informants.

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