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The Beetle by Richard Marsh
bookshelves: published-1897, radio-4x, victorian, under-1000-ratings, boo-scary, fradio, gothic, britain-england, play-dramatisation
Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners
Read on November 05, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04n923rDescription: 'The Beetle' (1897) tells the story of a fantastical creature, "born of neither god nor man," with supernatural and hypnotic powers, who stalks British politician Paul Lessingham through fin de siecle London in search of vengeance for the defilement of a sacred tomb in Egypt.
Opening: 'No room!--Full up!'
He banged the door in my face.
That was the final blow.
To have tramped about all day looking for work; to have begged even for a job which would give me money enough to buy a little food; and to have tramped and to have begged in vain,--that was bad. But, sick at heart, depressed in mind and in body, exhausted by hunger and fatigue, to have been compelled to pocket any little pride I might have left, and solicit, as the penniless, homeless tramp which indeed I was, a night's lodging in the casual ward,-- and to solicit it in vain!--that was worse. Much worse. About as bad as bad could be.
The moral of the tale is never, ever, trophy hunt when visiting ancient sites.
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