Richard Marsh \'s greatest commercial success, The Beetle, is a story about a mysterious oriental person who pursues a British politician to London, where he wreaks havoc with his powers of hypnosis and shape-shifting.
The Novel engages with numerous themes and problems of the Victorian fin de si cle, including the New Woman, unemployment and urban destitution, radical politics, homosexuality, s.
The story is narrated from the perspectives of multiple characters to create suspense.
Richard Marsh \'s greatest commercial success, The Beetle, is a story about a mysterious oriental person who pursues a British politician to London, where he wreaks havoc with his powers of hypnosis and shape-shifting