The Beetle [electronic resource]
Marsh, Richard2020
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"A fun new way to encounter the spine-tinglers of yesteryear." —Booklist A horror classic for the modern reader, presented by the Horror Writers Association. 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. Featuring an introduction by bestselling author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, the Haunted Library Horror Classics edition of The Beetle is a tale of revenge that takes the reader on a dark journey, one that explores the crisis of late imperial England through a fantastical and horrific lens.
Main title:
The Beetle [electronic resource] / Richard Marsh
Author:
Marsh, Richard, AuthorYarbro, Chelsea Quinn, Author of introduction, etcKlinger, Leslie S., EditorGuignard, Eric J., Editor
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Sourcebooks, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Haunted Library Horror Classics
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
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.
ISBN:
9781492699729
Language:
English
BRN:
4363501
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