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The Parlor Cemetery
C. E. Howard · 1923
A polite city directory canvasser steps into Ann Hay's parlor and finds a cheerful domestic order built around a row of unnerving memorial vessels.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 16 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
City Errand and Parlor Interior
The Interview ChairThe form-filling errand settles uneasily inside the parlor.
The Marmalade CrockJohn Marmyduke is memorialized through a domestic pun.
Ann Hay and Her Parlor Cemetery
The People of The Parlor Cemetery
The Household Keepsakes
The Directory Canvasser — Profile
The Mantel ExplainedAnn Hay calmly reveals that the household vessels are her husbands' memorials.
This edition
- Title
- The Parlor Cemetery
- Author
- C. E. Howard
- First published
- 1923
- Illustrated plates
- 32 original artworks · 16 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 1 · about 2,364 words
- Reading time
- 9 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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