The Beetle

Eric J. Guignard, Leslie S. Klinger, Richard Marsh , Eric Guignard

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Poisoned Pen Press
07 April 2020

Series: Haunted Library Horror Classics

*Featured on The New York Times' Summer Reading List 2020
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Rediscover the classic and come face-to-face with a creature 'born of neither god nor man'.

First published in 1897, Richard Marsh's classic work of gothic horror, The Beetle, opens with Robert Holt, an out-of-work clerk seeking shelter in an abandoned house. He comes face to face with a fantastical creature with supernatural and hypnotic powers: a creature who can transform at will between its human and beetle forms and who wrecks havoc when he preys on young middle-class Britons.

'Marsh creates an eerie atmosphere by keeping his story's supernaturalism tantalizingly ambiguous.' — Publishers Weekly

'The Beetle is a fine period piece, as well as an entertaining mystery that has withstood the test of time.' — New York Journal of Books

By: Richard Marsh
Edited by: Eric J. Guignard, Leslie S. Klinger, Eric Guignard
Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Reprint
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 415g
ISBN: 9781492699712
ISBN 10: 1492699713
Series: Haunted Library Horror Classics
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 07 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

RICHARD MARSH (October 12, 1857 - August 9, 1915), was the pseudonym of the English author Richard Bernard Heldmann. A bestselling and prolific author of the late 19th century, Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories.

Reviews for The Beetle

Ripe with melodrama and purple prose...Marsh creates an eerie atmosphere. - Publishers Weekly This will appeal to a wide range of readers. The universal ick factor of creepy crawlies additionally ensures that this crowdpleaser from the past will continue to strike fear in the hearts and minds of 21st-century readers. - Library Journal