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Six Feet of Willow
Carrol F. Michener · 1923
A debt repaid across oceans binds a drifting sailor to a Chinese opium seller, a jealous serpent, and the long shadow of obligation.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 20 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
From South Seas to the Den
The Ship GalleyThe galley where the serpent’s cage is kept.
The Debt at Sea
The Cast — Six Feet of Willow
The Cast — Plate 1 of 2
The Cast — Plate 2 of 2
The Three in the SeaAllister dives after Ssu Yin and the serpent when the cage goes overboard.
The Pipe and the SerpentSsu Yin lights the pipe while the serpent watches from the half-shadows.
This edition
- Title
- Six Feet of Willow
- Author
- Carrol F. Michener
- First published
- 1923
- Illustrated plates
- 38 original artworks · 20 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 1 · about 3,974 words
- Reading time
- 16 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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