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The Beetle
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A bestselling Victorian horror novel of mesmerism, pursuit, disguise, and supernatural menace.
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The Beetle
The Beetle was a sensational fin-de-siècle horror success, pitting London society against an uncanny figure with powers of transformation and control. Its shifting narrators, occult anxiety, and rapid suspense make it a vivid companion to Dracula-era Gothic fiction.
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Richard Marsh died in 1915, and The Beetle was first published in 1897; these dates support the public-domain basis for this original-language English edition.
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The Beetle
Richard Marsh
Capitolo in anteprimaBOOK I.Anteprima
The House with the Open Window
_The Surprising Narration of Robert Holt_
Capitolo in anteprimaCHAPTER I.Anteprima
CHAPTER I.
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- 01Full text
- 02BOOK I.
- 03CHAPTER I.
- 04OUTSIDE
- 05part of London, and that now only Hammersmith was left. And, at
- 06CHAPTER II.
- 07INSIDE
- 08CHAPTER III.
- 09THE MAN IN THE BED
- 10CHAPTER IV.
- 11A LONELY VIGIL
- 12CHAPTER V.
- 13AN INSTRUCTION TO COMMIT BURGLARY
- 14‘THE BEETLE!’
- 15CHAPTER VI.
- 16A SINGULAR FELONY
- 17CHAPTER VII.
- 18THE GREAT PAUL LESSINGHAM
- 19‘THE BEETLE!’
- 20‘THE BEETLE!’
- 21CHAPTER VIII.
- 22THE MAN IN THE STREET
- 23CHAPTER IX.
- 24THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKET
- 25BOOK II.
- 26CHAPTER X.
- 27REJECTED
- 28CHAPTER XI.
- 29A MIDNIGHT EPISODE
- 30CHAPTER XII.
- 31A MORNING VISITOR
- 32CHAPTER XIII.
- 33THE PICTURE
- 34CHAPTER XIV.
- 35THE DUCHESS’ BALL
- 36CHAPTER XV.
- 37MR LESSINGHAM SPEAKS
- 38CHAPTER XVI.
- 39ATHERTON’S MAGIC VAPOUR
- 40CHAPTER XVII.
- 41MAGIC?--OR MIRACLE?
- 42CHAPTER XVIII.
- 43THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE BEETLE
- 44CHAPTER XIX.
- 45THE LADY RAGES
- 46CHAPTER XX.
- 47A HEAVY FATHER
- 48CHAPTER XXI.
- 49THE TERROR IN THE NIGHT
- 50CHAPTER XXII.
- 51THE HAUNTED MAN
- 52BOOK III.
- 53CHAPTER XXIII.
- 54THE WAY HE TOLD HER
- 55CHAPTER XXIV.
- 56A WOMAN’S VIEW
- 57CHAPTER XXV.
- 58THE MAN IN THE STREET
- 59CHAPTER XXVI.
- 60A FATHER’S NO
- 61CHAPTER XXVII.
- 62THE TERROR BY NIGHT
- 63CHAPTER XXVIII.
- 64THE STRANGE STORY OF THE MAN IN THE STREET
- 65CHAPTER XXIX.
- 66THE HOUSE ON THE ROAD FROM THE WORKHOUSE
- 67CHAPTER XXX.
- 68THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF MR HOLT
- 69CHAPTER XXXI.
- 70THE TERROR BY DAY
- 71BOOK IV.
- 72CHAPTER XXXII.
- 73A NEW CLIENT
- 74CHAPTER XXXIII.
- 75WHAT CAME OF LOOKING THROUGH A LATTICE
- 76CHAPTER XXXIV.
- 77AFTER TWENTY YEARS
- 78CHAPTER XXXV.
- 79A BRINGER OF TIDINGS
- 80CHAPTER XXXVI.
- 81WHAT THE TIDINGS WERE
- 82CHAPTER XXXVII.
- 83WHAT WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE FLOOR
- 84CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- 85THE REST OF THE FIND
- 86CHAPTER XXXIX.
- 87MISS LOUISA COLEMAN
- 88CHAPTER XL.
- 89WHAT MISS COLEMAN SAW THROUGH THE WINDOW
- 90CHAPTER XLI.
- 91THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB
- 92CHAPTER XLII.
- 93THE QUARRY DOUBLES
- 94CHAPTER XLIII.
- 95THE MURDER AT MRS ’ENDERSON’S
- 96CHAPTER XLIV.
- 97THE MAN WHO WAS MURDERED
- 98CHAPTER XLV.
- 99ALL THAT MRS ’ENDERSON KNEW
- 100CHAPTER XLVI.
- 101THE SUDDEN STOPPING
- 102CHAPTER XLVII.
- 103THE CONTENTS OF THE THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGE
- 104CHAPTER XLVIII.
- 105THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER
- 106THE END
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