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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

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The House with the Open Window

_The Surprising Narration of Robert Holt_

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CHAPTER I.

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02BOOK I.
  3. 03CHAPTER I.
  4. 04OUTSIDE
  5. 05part of London, and that now only Hammersmith was left. And, at
  6. 06CHAPTER II.
  7. 07INSIDE
  8. 08CHAPTER III.
  9. 09THE MAN IN THE BED
  10. 10CHAPTER IV.
  11. 11A LONELY VIGIL
  12. 12CHAPTER V.
  13. 13AN INSTRUCTION TO COMMIT BURGLARY
  14. 14‘THE BEETLE!’
  15. 15CHAPTER VI.
  16. 16A SINGULAR FELONY
  17. 17CHAPTER VII.
  18. 18THE GREAT PAUL LESSINGHAM
  19. 19‘THE BEETLE!’
  20. 20‘THE BEETLE!’
  21. 21CHAPTER VIII.
  22. 22THE MAN IN THE STREET
  23. 23CHAPTER IX.
  24. 24THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKET
  25. 25BOOK II.
  26. 26CHAPTER X.
  27. 27REJECTED
  28. 28CHAPTER XI.
  29. 29A MIDNIGHT EPISODE
  30. 30CHAPTER XII.
  31. 31A MORNING VISITOR
  32. 32CHAPTER XIII.
  33. 33THE PICTURE
  34. 34CHAPTER XIV.
  35. 35THE DUCHESS’ BALL
  36. 36CHAPTER XV.
  37. 37MR LESSINGHAM SPEAKS
  38. 38CHAPTER XVI.
  39. 39ATHERTON’S MAGIC VAPOUR
  40. 40CHAPTER XVII.
  41. 41MAGIC?--OR MIRACLE?
  42. 42CHAPTER XVIII.
  43. 43THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE BEETLE
  44. 44CHAPTER XIX.
  45. 45THE LADY RAGES
  46. 46CHAPTER XX.
  47. 47A HEAVY FATHER
  48. 48CHAPTER XXI.
  49. 49THE TERROR IN THE NIGHT
  50. 50CHAPTER XXII.
  51. 51THE HAUNTED MAN
  52. 52BOOK III.
  53. 53CHAPTER XXIII.
  54. 54THE WAY HE TOLD HER
  55. 55CHAPTER XXIV.
  56. 56A WOMAN’S VIEW
  57. 57CHAPTER XXV.
  58. 58THE MAN IN THE STREET
  59. 59CHAPTER XXVI.
  60. 60A FATHER’S NO
  61. 61CHAPTER XXVII.
  62. 62THE TERROR BY NIGHT
  63. 63CHAPTER XXVIII.
  64. 64THE STRANGE STORY OF THE MAN IN THE STREET
  65. 65CHAPTER XXIX.
  66. 66THE HOUSE ON THE ROAD FROM THE WORKHOUSE
  67. 67CHAPTER XXX.
  68. 68THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF MR HOLT
  69. 69CHAPTER XXXI.
  70. 70THE TERROR BY DAY
  71. 71BOOK IV.
  72. 72CHAPTER XXXII.
  73. 73A NEW CLIENT
  74. 74CHAPTER XXXIII.
  75. 75WHAT CAME OF LOOKING THROUGH A LATTICE
  76. 76CHAPTER XXXIV.
  77. 77AFTER TWENTY YEARS
  78. 78CHAPTER XXXV.
  79. 79A BRINGER OF TIDINGS
  80. 80CHAPTER XXXVI.
  81. 81WHAT THE TIDINGS WERE
  82. 82CHAPTER XXXVII.
  83. 83WHAT WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE FLOOR
  84. 84CHAPTER XXXVIII.
  85. 85THE REST OF THE FIND
  86. 86CHAPTER XXXIX.
  87. 87MISS LOUISA COLEMAN
  88. 88CHAPTER XL.
  89. 89WHAT MISS COLEMAN SAW THROUGH THE WINDOW
  90. 90CHAPTER XLI.
  91. 91THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB
  92. 92CHAPTER XLII.
  93. 93THE QUARRY DOUBLES
  94. 94CHAPTER XLIII.
  95. 95THE MURDER AT MRS ’ENDERSON’S
  96. 96CHAPTER XLIV.
  97. 97THE MAN WHO WAS MURDERED
  98. 98CHAPTER XLV.
  99. 99ALL THAT MRS ’ENDERSON KNEW
  100. 100CHAPTER XLVI.
  101. 101THE SUDDEN STOPPING
  102. 102CHAPTER XLVII.
  103. 103THE CONTENTS OF THE THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGE
  104. 104CHAPTER XLVIII.
  105. 105THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER
  106. 106THE END

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