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The Beetle (or The Beetle: A Mystery) is an 1897 fin de siècle horror novel by British writer Richard Marsh, in which a shape-shifting ancient Egyptian entity seeks revenge on a British member of Parliament. The novel initially sold more copies than Bram Stoker's Dracula, a similar horror story published in the same year.
Richard Marsh (12 October 1857 – 9 August 1915) was the pseudonym of the English author born Richard Bernard Heldmann.A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, [2] which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular, outselling ...
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of fairy tales by author J. K. Rowling. There is a storybook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final novel of the Harry Potter series. [1] The book was originally produced in a limited edition of only seven copies, each handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling. [2]
978-0-545-85346-0. OCLC. 941878189. Beetle Boy is a 2016 middle grade novel written by M. G. Leonard, illustrated by Júlia Sardà, and published by The Chicken House (United Kingdom) and Scholastic (United States). It is the first part of a trilogy, as volume 1 of the Beetle Trilogy series. [1] Beetle Queen, the second part of the trilogy, was ...
Bullet Train. (novel) Maria Beetle (Japanese: マリアビートル, Hepburn: Mariabītoru) is a black humour thriller novel by Japanese author Kōtarō Isaka published in 2010 and later translated to English as Bullet Train. It follows several hitmen aboard a Tōhoku Shinkansen Hayate train, each on a different mission, interconnected in some way.
The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung), also translated as The Transformation, [1] is a novella by Franz Kafka published in 1915.One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. "monstrous vermin") and struggles to adjust to ...
304. ISBN. 0-8050-8270-0. Masterpiece is a 2008 novel written by Elise Broach, illustrated by Kelly Murphy, and published by Christy Ottaviano Books. It won a 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in Children’s Fiction, the 2009 E.B. White Read Aloud Award, [1] a 2009 ALA Notable Children's Book, [2] and is a New York Times Best Seller ...
Nationality. American. Period. 1979–1999. Genre. Horror. Michael McEachern McDowell (June 1, 1950 – December 27, 1999) was an American novelist and screenwriter described by author Stephen King as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today". [1][2] His best-known work is the screenplay for the Tim Burton film Beetlejuice.