The Beetle
- Subtitle
- A Mystery
Read The Beetle by Richard Marsh online. Browse the complete text, chapters and notes.
Editions
Table of contents
1. Front matter2. BOOK I. The House with the Open Window3. CHAPTER I. OUTSIDE4. CHAPTER II. INSIDE5. CHAPTER III. THE MAN IN THE BED6. CHAPTER IV. A LONELY VIGIL7. CHAPTER V. AN INSTRUCTION TO COMMIT BURGLARY8. CHAPTER VI. A SINGULAR FELONY9. CHAPTER VII. THE GREAT PAUL LESSINGHAM10. CHAPTER VIII. THE MAN IN THE STREET11. CHAPTER IX. THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKET12. BOOK II. The Haunted Man13. CHAPTER X. REJECTED14. CHAPTER XI. A MIDNIGHT EPISODE15. CHAPTER XII. A MORNING VISITOR16. CHAPTER XIII. THE PICTURE17. CHAPTER XIV. THE DUCHESS’ BALL18. CHAPTER XV. MR LESSINGHAM SPEAKS19. CHAPTER XVI. ATHERTON’S MAGIC VAPOUR20. CHAPTER XVII. MAGIC?—OR MIRACLE?21. CHAPTER XVIII. THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE BEETLE22. CHAPTER XIX. THE LADY RAGES23. CHAPTER XX. A HEAVY FATHER24. CHAPTER XXI. THE TERROR IN THE NIGHT25. CHAPTER XXII. THE HAUNTED MAN26. BOOK III. The Terror by Night and the Terror by Day27. CHAPTER XXIII. THE WAY HE TOLD HER28. CHAPTER XXIV. A WOMAN’S VIEW29. CHAPTER XXV. THE MAN IN THE STREET30. CHAPTER XXVI. A FATHER’S NO31. CHAPTER XXVII. THE TERROR BY NIGHT32. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE STRANGE STORY OF THE MAN IN THE STREET33. CHAPTER XXIX. THE HOUSE ON THE ROAD FROM THE WORKHOUSE34. CHAPTER XXX. THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF MR HOLT35. CHAPTER XXXI. THE TERROR BY DAY36. BOOK IV. In Pursuit37. CHAPTER XXXII. A NEW CLIENT38. CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT CAME OF LOOKING THROUGH A LATTICE39. CHAPTER XXXIV. AFTER TWENTY YEARS40. CHAPTER XXXV. A BRINGER OF TIDINGS41. CHAPTER XXXVI. WHAT THE TIDINGS WERE42. CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE FLOOR43. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE REST OF THE FIND44. CHAPTER XXXIX. MISS LOUISA COLEMAN45. CHAPTER XL. WHAT MISS COLEMAN SAW THROUGH THE WINDOW46. CHAPTER XLI. THE CONSTABLE,—HIS CLUE,—AND THE CAB47. CHAPTER XLII. THE QUARRY DOUBLES48. CHAPTER XLIII. THE MURDER AT MRS ’ENDERSON’S49. CHAPTER XLIV. THE MAN WHO WAS MURDERED50. CHAPTER XLV. ALL THAT MRS ’ENDERSON KNEW51. CHAPTER XLVI. THE SUDDEN STOPPING52. CHAPTER XLVII. THE CONTENTS OF THE THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGE53. CHAPTER XLVIII. THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER54. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES