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The Beetle: A Mystery
Year: 1897
Language: English
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This is Marsh's greatest commercial success, 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. The novel engages with numerous themes of the Victorian fin de siècle, including the New Woman, unemployment and urban destitution, radical politics, homosexuality, science, and Britain's imperial engagements. This is definitely an engaging book that is fabulous to read.
