The Beetle
Richard Marsh
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A story 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. Like Dracula and many of the sensation novels pioneered by Wilkie Collins and others in the 1860s, The Beetle is narrated from the perspectives of multiple characters, a technique used in many late nineteenth-century novels (those of Wilkie Collins and Stoker, for example) to create suspense.
Richard Marsh was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. (Summary by Wikipedia) (11 hr 55 min)
Capítulos
01 - Outside | 14:20 | Leído por icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
02 - Inside | 17:25 | Leído por icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
03 - The Man in the Bed | 12:40 | Leído por icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
04 - A Lonely Vigil | 14:26 | Leído por icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
05 - An Instruction to Commit Murder | 22:36 | Leído por icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
06 - A Singular Felony | 19:28 | Leído por icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
07 - The Great Paul Lessingham | 19:22 | Leído por icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
08 - The Man in the Street | 5:11 | Leído por icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
09 - The Contents of the Packet | 12:03 | Leído por icyjumbo (1964-2010) |
10 - Rejected | 12:39 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
11 - A Midnight Episode | 14:06 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
12 - A Morning Visitor | 11:36 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
13 - The Picture | 25:22 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
14 - The Duchess' Ball | 18:40 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
15 - Mr Lessingham Speaks | 15:09 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
16 - Atherton's Magic Vapour | 18:49 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
17 - Magic?--Or Miracle? | 5:23 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
18 - The Apotheosis of the Beetle | 34:33 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
19 - The Lady Rages | 10:25 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
20 - A Heavy Father | 10:34 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
21 - The Terror in the Night | 26:24 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
22 - The Haunted Man | 27:58 | Leído por Alan Winterrowd |
23 - The Way He Told Her | 14:40 | Leído por Ruth Golding |
24 - A Woman's View | 9:30 | Leído por Ruth Golding |
25 - The Man in the Street | 11:17 | Leído por Ruth Golding |
26 - A Father's No | 9:16 | Leído por Ruth Golding |
27 - The Terror by Night | 18:03 | Leído por Ruth Golding |
28 - The Strange Story of the Man in the Street | 27:43 | Leído por Ruth Golding |
29 - The House on the Road From the Workhouse | 30:15 | Leído por Ruth Golding |
30 - The Singular Behavior of Mr Holt | 6:03 | Leído por Ruth Golding |
31 - The Terror by Day | 12:25 | Leído por Ruth Golding |
32 - A New Client | 6:23 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
33 - What Came From Looking Through a Lattice | 21:18 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
34 - After Twenty Years | 16:29 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
35 - A Bringer of Tidings | 5:04 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
36 - What the Tidings Were | 9:47 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
37 - What Was Hidden Under the Floor | 12:52 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
38 - The Rest of the Find | 9:03 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
39 - Miss Louisa Coleman | 19:35 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
40 - What Miss Coleman Saw Through the Window | 11:02 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
41 - The Constable,--His Clue,--And the Cab | 14:57 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
42 - The Quarry Doubles | 10:38 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
43 - The Murder at Mrs. 'Enderson's | 22:22 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
44 - The Man Who Was Murdered | 12:52 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
45 - All That Mrs. 'Enderson Knew | 6:40 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
46 - The Sudden Stopping | 15:24 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
47 - The Contents of the Third-Class Carriage | 5:22 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
48 - The Conclusion of the Matter | 7:45 | Leído por Anthony Wilson |
Reseñas
Complain to the author - that's how he wrote it





librivoxbooks
Well, you could talk to the author about it, if he hadn't died in 1915, but that's how he wrote it e.g. "Oh it's a——fine world, this is!" We can't insert text that isn't there.
If you like creepy, this is your book !





Susan
I could only make it through a few chapters, not because it is a bad story, but because it is so well written that the creepiness is too much for me to handle. If you are more stout hearted than me, I’m sure you will enjoy this tale !
I object to censorship in the reading





swoon
I object to censorship in the reading. the censored worded was covered by the LONG BEEB. that make me so sad to see it here (tears):(:(:(:(
SLOW START, BUT INTEREST ACCELERATED





AVID READER
Each reader seems to be perfect for his role. If the first book seems slow and almost pointless, hang in there. It gets much better.
You'd never know what a good book this is from this recording.





Mich Seg
There is a terrific version of this on youtube





Shelly
A good thriller , well read. A little dragged out at times. Generally enjoyed it but found the ending disappointing.
a strange adventure





penthorpe
Changing readers as the different characters take up the story made this a fun listen. Well done.
so so





Monika
Interesting enough to listen to the whole book. However some chapters were just dragging.