The Beetle (1897) is a novel by Richard Marsh. Immensely popular
upon publication, The Beetle was an instant bestseller and went on
to inspire a 1919 silent film adaptation starring Maudie Dunham.
Despite its success, the novel was largely forgotten until
scholarly attention in the late-20th century highlighted its
importance to the fields of gothic fiction, postcolonial criticism,
and women and gender studies. "To have tramped about all day
looking for work; to have begged even for a job which would give me
money enough to buy a little food; and to have tramped and to have
begged in vain,-that was bad. But, sick at heart, depressed in mind
and in body, exhausted by hunger and fatigue, to have been
compelled to pocket any little pride I might have left, [...] and
to solicit it in vain!-that was worse. Much worse." Down on his
luck, Robert Holt wanders the streets of London in search of food,
a job, and shelter. Turned away from a Fulham workhouse, he finds
himself standing before a seemingly abandoned house and, with
nowhere to go, cautiously enters. There, he comes face to face with
the mysterious Beetle, a figure from ancient Egypt who controls his
subjects with mesmerism. Soon, Robert is used to commit a series of
crimes against Paul Lessingham, a powerful member of the House of
Commons. As the plot unfolds, a love triangle involving Lessingham,
the beautiful Marjorie Lindon, and a vindictive chemist named
Sydney Atherton falls victim to the scheming Beetle. With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of Richard Marsh's The Beetle is a classic work of
British horror fiction reimagined for modern readers.
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