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Hark! The Rattle!
Joel Townsley Rogers · 1923 · Mystery & Detective, Horror & Gothic
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.
Joel Townsley Rogers in Weird Tales
The Palm Grove Roof Ensemble
Jerry Hammer — Profile
Rooftop and Marsh
Palm Grove RoofA dance floor under palms and huge summer stars.
Rooftop Frame Connections
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 (1896–1984)
- 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.
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