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The Beetle by Richard Marsh

The Beetle

Richard Marsh

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · February 20, 2013

A Horror pick for readers exploring The Beetle.

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Who it’s for
A shape-shifting pursuer and hypnotic menace give this London-set sensation its peculiar gothic charge.
Themes
Hypnosis, Shape-shifting, Pursuit
Genres
Gothic Romance, Horror, The Occult & Supernatural

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About this book

The Beetle is about about a mysterious oriental figure who pursues a British politician to London, where he wreaks havoc with his powers of hypnosis and shape-shifting. Marsh's novel is of a piece with other sensational turn-of-the-century fictions such as Stoker's Dracula, George du Maurier's Trilby, and Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu novels.

Gothic Pursuit

A shape-shifting pursuer and hypnotic menace give this London-set sensation its peculiar gothic charge.

Come here for

  • Hypnosis, shape-shifting, and a British politician under pursuit
  • Turn-of-the-century supernatural thrills with Gothic proportions

Expect

  • A mysterious figure bringing havoc to London
  • Sensational, eerie entertainment rather than quiet realism

Where it sits

The Occult & Supernatural74%
Gothic Romance70%
Horror46%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Horror
  • Gothic Romance
Authors
Richard Marsh
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
February 20, 2013
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Hypnosis · Shape-shifting · Pursuit
Reading lane
Horror