The Beetle by Richard Marsh7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Richard Marsh was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. Like Dracula and many of the sensation novels pioneered by Wilkie Collins and others in the 1860s, The Beetle is narrated from the perspectives of multiple characters, a technique used in many late nineteenth-century novels (those of Wilkie Collins and Stoker, for example) to create suspense. « previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next » sort by « previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next » Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. The Beetle: A Mystery by Richard Marsh is set in London and tells the story of a shape-shifting Egyptian visitor who seeks revenge on a British politician. ![]() ![]() shelved 20,459 times Showing 30 distinct works.Download cover art Download CD case insert The BeetleĪ story about a mysterious oriental figure who pursues a British politician to London, where he wreaks havoc with his powers of hypnosis and shape-shifting, Marsh's novel is of a piece with other sensational turn-of-the-century fictions such as Stoker's Dracula, George du Maurier's Trilby, and Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu novels. Books by Richard Marsh (Author of The Beetle) Books by Richard Marsh Richard Marsh Average rating 3.55 ![]()
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