The King in Yellow/YMMV


 * Values Dissonance: The American reforms apparently include banning "foreign-born Jews," among other questionable things, and are claimed to have ushered in an era of "tolerance and equality."
 * Of course this is according to the narrator of the story, who's also a blackmailer and batshit crazy. So you don't necessarily have to take the sentiment at face value.

Thom Ryng's play "The King in Yellow":

 * The Woobie: Camilla, a silly, superficial princess who goes mad from the revelations of the Stranger.