The Beetle

By Richard Marsh

Subjects: Collection and preservation, Antiquities, Egypt, fiction, Politicians, Fiction, gothic, London (england), fiction, Fiction, Monsters, British, Revenge, Fiction, occult & supernatural, Thriller, English literature, Egyptologists, Classic Literature, Fiction, horror

Description: The Beetle, written in 1897 by British author Richard Marsh, is a classic gothic horror story set in Victorian London. The book follows the characters of Paul Lessingham, Robert Holt, Sydney Atherton, Marjorie Lindon and Augustus Champnell all having a different encounter with the Beetle, a shape-shifting ancient Egyptian creature that seeks revenge for wrongs done in Egypt two decades before.