The Beetle

<p><I>The Beetle</I> (1897) is a novel by Richard Marsh. Immensely popular upon publication <I>The Beetle</I> was an instant bestseller and went on to inspire a 1919 silent film adaptation starring Maudie Dunham. Despite its success the novel was largely forgotten until scholarly attention in the late-20th century highlighted its importance to the fields of gothic fiction postcolonial criticism and women and gender studies. To have tramped about all day looking for work; to have begged even for a job which would give me money enough to buy a little food; and to have tramped and to have begged in vain-that was bad. But sick at heart depressed in mind and in body exhausted by hunger and fatigue to have been compelled to pocket any little pride I might have left [...] and to solicit it in vain!-that was worse. Much worse. Down on his luck Robert Holt wanders the streets of London in search of food a job and shelter. Turned away from a Fulham workhouse he finds himself standing before a seemingly abandoned house and with nowhere to go cautiously enters. There he comes face to face with the mysterious Beetle a figure from ancient Egypt who controls his subjects with mesmerism. Soon Robert is used to commit a series of crimes against Paul Lessingham a powerful member of the House of Commons. As the plot unfolds a love triangle involving Lessingham the beautiful Marjorie Lindon and a vindictive chemist named Sydney Atherton falls victim to the scheming Beetle. This edition of Richard Marsh's <I>The Beetle</I> is a classic work of British horror fiction reimagined for modern readers.</p> <p>Since our inception in 2020 <b>Mint Editions</b> has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.</p> <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>