The Beetle. A Mystery

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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.