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Hark! The Rattle!
Joel Townsley Rogers · 1923
A rooftop dance, an old marsh memory and a warning sound coil together in Joel Townsley Rogers's Weird Tales miniature.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 18 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
Rooftop and Marsh
Palm Grove RoofA dance floor under palms and huge summer stars.
Rooftop Frame Connections
Joel Townsley Rogers in Weird Tales
The Palm Grove Roof Ensemble
Jerry Hammer — Profile
Coffee and LiquorA small sound chills Jerry before the dance begins.
The Marsh WarningThe old rattle enters the story in grass and heat.
This edition
- Title
- Hark! The Rattle!
- Author
- Joel Townsley Rogers
- First published
- 1923
- Illustrated plates
- 37 original artworks · 18 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 5 · about 3,338 words
- Reading time
- 13 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- September 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #68957
Neighbours in the library
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