The Marsh, Richard 1857-1915 creator text utu 2004 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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 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 PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5164 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5164 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133135.0 5164