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| Author | Richard Marsh |
|---|---|
| Genre | Horror fiction |
| Publisher | Skeffington & Son |
Publication date | September 1897 (1st collected edition) |
| Publication place | London, United Kingdom |
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| Pages | 351 |
| OCLC | 267113228 |
The Beetle (or The Beetle: A Mystery) is an 1897 fin de siècle horror novel by British writer Richard Marsh, in which a shape-shifting ancient Egyptian entity seeks revenge on a British member of Parliament. The novel initially sold more copies than Bram Stoker's Dracula, a similar horror story published in the same year.