Steen Christiansen reviewed The Beetle by Richard Marsh
Review of 'The Beetle' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Fun supernatural mystery but a little too straightforward.
Paperback, 288 pages
Published March 1, 2007 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
The Beetle
3 stars
(1 review)
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.
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- Modern fiction