You might also like

More about Beetle

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 59 loyalty points

Book synopsis

"The Beetle" by Richard Marsh was first published in 1897, not long after Bram Stoker's "Dracula." 'Dracula' is now world famous, thanks to its early adoption by first the theatre, and then the movies, while 'The Beetle' remains all but forgotten. Yet 'The Beetle' consistently outsold 'Dracula' as long as it was in print: it was THE Gothic novel that terrified more of Victorian London than Dracula ever did. The tale revolves around a mysterious member of 'The Children of Isis', coming to London to seek revenge for an act committed 20 years previously in Cairo. Hypnosis, human/insect transformation, murder, white slavery, cannibalism, blackmail and kidnapping all feature in a mystery that keeps you reading until the very last page. Occult aficionados will recognize the book from its inspirational place in Kenneth Grant's "The Ninth Arch," where its peculiar occult symbolism featured heavily in workings of New Isis Lodge of the OTO.

Book details

Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Horror & ghost stories

• Full title: Beetle
• Subtitle: A Mystery
• Author: Richard Marsh
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324
• EAN: 9780955688300
• ISBN: 9780955688300
• ID: 07421322
• Publisher: Silver Key
• Weight: 490 g
• Dimensions: 155 × 230 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. February 2008

Trending among others

---

---

---