Length12h 20m
About this audiobook
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
2CHAPTER I. OUTSIDE
3CHAPTER II. INSIDE
4CHAPTER III. THE MAN IN THE BED
5CHAPTER IV. A LONELY VIGIL
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6CHAPTER V. AN INSTRUCTION TO COMMIT BURGLARY
7CHAPTER VI. A SINGULAR FELONY
8CHAPTER VII. THE GREAT PAUL LESSINGHAM
9CHAPTER VIII. THE MAN IN THE STREET
10CHAPTER IX. THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKET
11BOOK II. The Haunted Man
12CHAPTER X. REJECTED
13CHAPTER XI. A MIDNIGHT EPISODE
14CHAPTER XII. A MORNING VISITOR
15CHAPTER XIII. THE PICTURE
16CHAPTER XIV. THE DUCHESS’ BALL
17CHAPTER XV. MR LESSINGHAM SPEAKS
18CHAPTER XVI. ATHERTON’S MAGIC VAPOUR
19CHAPTER XVII. MAGIC?—OR MIRACLE?
20CHAPTER XVIII. THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE BEETLE
21CHAPTER XIX. THE LADY RAGES
22CHAPTER XX. A HEAVY FATHER
23CHAPTER XXI. THE TERROR IN THE NIGHT
24CHAPTER XXII. THE HAUNTED MAN
25BOOK III. The Terror by Night and the Terror by Day
26CHAPTER XXIII. THE WAY HE TOLD HER
27CHAPTER XXIV. A WOMAN’S VIEW
28CHAPTER XXV. THE MAN IN THE STREET
29CHAPTER XXVI. A FATHER’S NO
30CHAPTER XXVII. THE TERROR BY NIGHT
31CHAPTER XXVIII. THE STRANGE STORY OF THE MAN IN THE STREET
32CHAPTER XXIX. THE HOUSE ON THE ROAD FROM THE WORKHOUSE
33CHAPTER XXX. THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF MR HOLT
34CHAPTER XXXI. THE TERROR BY DAY
35BOOK IV. In Pursuit
36CHAPTER XXXII. A NEW CLIENT
37CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT CAME OF LOOKING THROUGH A LATTICE
38CHAPTER XXXIV. AFTER TWENTY YEARS
39CHAPTER XXXV. A BRINGER OF TIDINGS
40CHAPTER XXXVI. WHAT THE TIDINGS WERE
41CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE FLOOR
42CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE REST OF THE FIND
43CHAPTER XXXIX. MISS LOUISA COLEMAN
44CHAPTER XL. WHAT MISS COLEMAN SAW THROUGH THE WINDOW
45CHAPTER XLI. THE CONSTABLE,—HIS CLUE,—AND THE CAB
46CHAPTER XLII. THE QUARRY DOUBLES
47CHAPTER XLIII. THE MURDER AT MRS ’ENDERSON’S
48CHAPTER XLIV. THE MAN WHO WAS MURDERED
49CHAPTER XLV. ALL THAT MRS ’ENDERSON KNEW
50CHAPTER XLVI. THE SUDDEN STOPPING
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