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The Hall of the Dead
Francis D. Grierson · 1923
A young secretary enters Professor Julius March's private Egyptian wing after his former assistant vanishes. Among automatic doors, antique lamps, mummy-cases, and a staged spiritualist dinner, grief and obsession turn the Hall of the Dead into the scene of a terrible confession.
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.
House, Hall and Egyptian Memory
The Hall of the DeadBlack-and-white marble, mummies and a bronze-chained roof lamp.
The Household and the Missing Girl
The Characters of The Hall of the Dead
Ancient Shadows and the House Staff
Annette Grey — Profile
The Letter of EngagementAnnette enters March’s household under the shadow of the vanished secretary.
The Seance ChairAfter dinner, the Egyptian room becomes the stage for Sims’s vision.
This edition
- Title
- The Hall of the Dead
- Author
- Francis D. Grierson
- First published
- 1923
- Illustrated plates
- 40 original artworks · 20 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 1 · about 3,691 words
- Reading time
- 15 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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