The Beetle
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Richard Marsh
(3,561 Sterne; 49 Bewertungen)
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)
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Complain to the author - that's how he wrote it
librivoxbooks
(0 Sterne)
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
(5 Sterne)
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
(1 Sterne)
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
(5 Sterne)
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
(0,5 Sterne)
There is a terrific version of this on youtube
a strange adventure
penthorpe
(4 Sterne)
Changing readers as the different characters take up the story made this a fun listen. Well done.
so so
Monika
(3 Sterne)
Interesting enough to listen to the whole book. However some chapters were just dragging.
This is a great Victorian novel and a great reading.
null
(5 Sterne)