The Beetle: A Mystery by Richard Marsh
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"The Beetle: A Mystery" by Richard Marsh is a Gothic horror novel published in 1897. A shape-shifting ancient Egyptian entity arrives in London seeking vengeance against a British politician, Paul Lessingham. Through mesmerism and terror, the creature manipulates innocent victims to further its dark purpose. Told through four different narrators, the story weaves together mystery, supernatural horror, and psychological control as the Beetle pursues its prey through Victorian London, threatening everyone connected
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| Author | Marsh, Richard, 1857-1915 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Beetle: A Mystery |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beetle_(novel) |
| Credits | Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Horror tales |
| Subject | London (England) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Revenge -- Fiction |
| Subject | Monsters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Politicians -- Fiction |
| Subject | British -- Egypt -- Fiction |
| Subject | Egyptologists -- Fiction |
| Subject | Egypt -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction |
| Subject | Paranormal fiction |
| Subject | Champnell, Augustus (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 5164 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | May 29, 2022 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 977 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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