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Feb 19, 2013
Anna Kļaviņa
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The first part was really good but the second part was slow and boring.
The story might get more absorbing and I'm somehow reluctantly DNF-ing this book but chapter 16 was the last straw. ...more
The first part was really good but the second part was slow and boring.
The story might get more absorbing and I'm somehow reluctantly DNF-ing this book but chapter 16 was the last straw. ...more
I found "The Beetle" to be a pleasant surprise! Why isn't this classic more prominent in the mystery and or supernatural literature? I found that it read fairly modern for something written in the 1890's. There was humor along with nearly nail-biting suspense.
"The Beetle" deals with a secret religion, The Children of Isis, an ancient Egyptian cult that practices human sacrifice, mainly women burned alive. The novel is divided into four different narrators each of whom carries their part of the s ...more
"The Beetle" deals with a secret religion, The Children of Isis, an ancient Egyptian cult that practices human sacrifice, mainly women burned alive. The novel is divided into four different narrators each of whom carries their part of the s ...more
From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
British politician Paul Lessingham, a handsome man of wealth, talent and ambition, has a strange and disturbing past which threatens to destroy him. Tale of terror starring Robert Holt as Robert Harper; Gerald McDermott as Paul Lessingham and Tracy-Ann Oberman as Dora Grayling.
Marsh's Gothic novel about a fantastical creature was first published in 1897 - the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula, which it outsold six times over after winning popular appeal amongst readers in ...more
British politician Paul Lessingham, a handsome man of wealth, talent and ambition, has a strange and disturbing past which threatens to destroy him. Tale of terror starring Robert Holt as Robert Harper; Gerald McDermott as Paul Lessingham and Tracy-Ann Oberman as Dora Grayling.
Marsh's Gothic novel about a fantastical creature was first published in 1897 - the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula, which it outsold six times over after winning popular appeal amongst readers in ...more
This was an enjoyable Halloween read. Very Victorian with many first including armed police and gas lights in London. An eccentric inventor, a politician, a couple of beautiful heiresses and an Egyptian monster chasing about London and the surrounding countryside.
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