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The Beetle

by Richard Marsh

First published
1897
Pages
294
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  1. 01 - Outside

    14:20

  2. 02 - Inside

    17:25

  3. 03 - The Man in the Bed

    12:40

  4. 04 - A Lonely Vigil

    14:26

  5. 05 - An Instruction to Commit Murder

    22:36

  6. 06 - A Singular Felony

    19:28

  7. 07 - The Great Paul Lessingham

    19:22

  8. 08 - The Man in the Street

    5:11

  9. 09 - The Contents of the Packet

    12:03

  10. 10 - Rejected

    12:39

  11. 11 - A Midnight Episode

    14:06

  12. 12 - A Morning Visitor

    11:36

  13. 13 - The Picture

    25:22

  14. 14 - The Duchess' Ball

    18:40

  15. 15 - Mr Lessingham Speaks

    15:09

  16. 16 - Atherton's Magic Vapour

    18:49

  17. 17 - Magic?--Or Miracle?

    5:23

  18. 18 - The Apotheosis of the Beetle

    34:33

  19. 19 - The Lady Rages

    10:25

  20. 20 - A Heavy Father

    10:34

  21. 21 - The Terror in the Night

    26:24

  22. 22 - The Haunted Man

    27:58

  23. 23 - The Way He Told Her

    14:40

  24. 24 - A Woman's View

    9:30

  25. 25 - The Man in the Street

    11:17

  26. 26 - A Father's No

    9:16

  27. 27 - The Terror by Night

    18:03

  28. 28 - The Strange Story of the Man in the Street

    27:43

  29. 29 - The House on the Road From the Workhouse

    30:15

  30. 30 - The Singular Behavior of Mr Holt

    6:03

  31. 31 - The Terror by Day

    12:25

  32. 32 - A New Client

    6:23

  33. 33 - What Came From Looking Through a Lattice

    21:18

  34. 34 - After Twenty Years

    16:29

  35. 35 - A Bringer of Tidings

    5:04

  36. 36 - What the Tidings Were

    9:47

  37. 37 - What Was Hidden Under the Floor

    12:52

  38. 38 - The Rest of the Find

    9:03

  39. 39 - Miss Louisa Coleman

    19:35

  40. 40 - What Miss Coleman Saw Through the Window

    11:02

  41. 41 - The Constable,--His Clue,--And the Cab

    14:57

  42. 42 - The Quarry Doubles

    10:38

  43. 43 - The Murder at Mrs. 'Enderson's

    22:22

  44. 44 - The Man Who Was Murdered

    12:52

  45. 45 - All That Mrs. 'Enderson Knew

    6:40

  46. 46 - The Sudden Stopping

    15:24

  47. 47 - The Contents of the Third-Class Carriage

    5:22

  48. 48 - The Conclusion of the Matter

    7:45

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Published in 1897, the same year as Dracula, Richard Marsh's shocker actually outsold Stoker's novel for a time. A monstrous, shape-shifting creature out of ancient Egypt, a servant of the cult of Isis, arrives in London bent on revenge against the rising politician Paul Lessingham, whose past conceals a terrible secret. Working through hypnotic power and sheer dread, the being ensnares a string of helpless victims, and the story unfolds through four narrators whose accounts circle the same nightmarish events from different angles. Marsh blends supernatural horror, detective mystery, and Victorian anxieties about sex, race, and empire into a fast, feverish read that has enjoyed a well-earned rediscovery. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available here.

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Richard Marsh

Richard Marsh (1857-1915), born Richard Bernard Heldmann, was a prolific British writer of horror, mystery, and thriller fiction. The Beetle was his greatest success. Grandfather of the ghost-story author Robert Aickman, he produced dozens of novels and story collections across the late Victorian and Edwardian years.

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First published
1897
Reading time
About 8 hours
Pages
294
Language
English
Formats
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