The Beetle, A Mystery
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The Beetle, A Mystery

By Richard Marsh
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Length12h 20m

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The Beetle (or The Beetle: A Mystery) is an 1897 horror novel by the British writer Richard Marsh, in which a polymorphous Ancient Egyptian entity seeks revenge on a British Member of Parliament. It initially outsold by six times Bram Stoker's similar horror story Dracula, which appeared the same year.

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GenreMystery and Thriller, General Fiction
Length12 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 3, 2021
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1BOOK I. The House with the Open Window
27CHAPTER XXIV. A WOMAN’S VIEW
2CHAPTER I. OUTSIDE
28CHAPTER XXV. THE MAN IN THE STREET
3CHAPTER II. INSIDE
29CHAPTER XXVI. A FATHER’S NO
4CHAPTER III. THE MAN IN THE BED
30CHAPTER XXVII. THE TERROR BY NIGHT
5CHAPTER IV. A LONELY VIGIL
31CHAPTER XXVIII. THE STRANGE STORY OF THE MAN IN THE STREET
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6CHAPTER V. AN INSTRUCTION TO COMMIT BURGLARY
32CHAPTER XXIX. THE HOUSE ON THE ROAD FROM THE WORKHOUSE
7CHAPTER VI. A SINGULAR FELONY
33CHAPTER XXX. THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF MR HOLT
8CHAPTER VII. THE GREAT PAUL LESSINGHAM
34CHAPTER XXXI. THE TERROR BY DAY
9CHAPTER VIII. THE MAN IN THE STREET
35BOOK IV. In Pursuit
10CHAPTER IX. THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKET
36CHAPTER XXXII. A NEW CLIENT
11BOOK II. The Haunted Man
37CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT CAME OF LOOKING THROUGH A LATTICE
12CHAPTER X. REJECTED
38CHAPTER XXXIV. AFTER TWENTY YEARS
13CHAPTER XI. A MIDNIGHT EPISODE
39CHAPTER XXXV. A BRINGER OF TIDINGS
14CHAPTER XII. A MORNING VISITOR
40CHAPTER XXXVI. WHAT THE TIDINGS WERE
15CHAPTER XIII. THE PICTURE
41CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE FLOOR
16CHAPTER XIV. THE DUCHESS’ BALL
42CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE REST OF THE FIND
17CHAPTER XV. MR LESSINGHAM SPEAKS
43CHAPTER XXXIX. MISS LOUISA COLEMAN
18CHAPTER XVI. ATHERTON’S MAGIC VAPOUR
44CHAPTER XL. WHAT MISS COLEMAN SAW THROUGH THE WINDOW
19CHAPTER XVII. MAGIC?—OR MIRACLE?
45CHAPTER XLI. THE CONSTABLE,—HIS CLUE,—AND THE CAB
20CHAPTER XVIII. THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE BEETLE
46CHAPTER XLII. THE QUARRY DOUBLES
21CHAPTER XIX. THE LADY RAGES
47CHAPTER XLIII. THE MURDER AT MRS ’ENDERSON’S
22CHAPTER XX. A HEAVY FATHER
48CHAPTER XLIV. THE MAN WHO WAS MURDERED
23CHAPTER XXI. THE TERROR IN THE NIGHT
49CHAPTER XLV. ALL THAT MRS ’ENDERSON KNEW
24CHAPTER XXII. THE HAUNTED MAN
50CHAPTER XLVI. THE SUDDEN STOPPING
25BOOK III. The Terror by Night and the Terror by Day
51CHAPTER XLVII. THE CONTENTS OF THE THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGE
26CHAPTER XXIII. THE WAY HE TOLD HER
52CHAPTER XLVIII. THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER

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