01977cam a22004213u 4500 5164 UtSlPG 20260610133135.0 m cr n 260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Marsh, Richard, 1857-1915 The Beetle: A Mystery Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2004 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beetle_(novel) Release date is 2004-02-01 Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "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 to its target. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Horror tales London (England) -- Fiction Revenge -- Fiction Monsters -- Fiction Politicians -- Fiction British -- Egypt -- Fiction Egyptologists -- Fiction Egypt -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction Paranormal fiction Champnell, Augustus (Fictitious character) -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5164 47203 47203