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Start giftingThe Beetle
Length
12 hours 26 minutes
Language
English
Narrators
Gunnar Cauthery, Jonathan Aris & Natalie Simpson & Andrew Wincott with John Foley
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Translators
Jonathan Aris is a British film, television, theatre and voice actor. He has appeared in films including Zone 414, Vivarium, Get Duked, The Death of Stalin, Rogue One, The Martian, Sightseers, Bright Star and Topsy- Turvy. His TV work includes The North Water, Dracula, The End of the F***ing World, The War of the Worlds, Black Mirror, Good
Omens, Tutankhamun, The Night Manager, Sherlock, Humans, Wolf Hall, The Game, Spooks, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, The Government Inspector, Planespotting & Not Only But Always and The Project. He has also narrated many TV documentaries and audiobooks.
Summary
The Beetle is a horror novel that was published in 1897 and significantly outsold Dracula, which appeared in the same year. A polymorphous Egyptian creature – the Beetle – seeks revenge on the eminent British politician Paul Lessingham for crimes committed against the disciples of an ancient cult. Although it is less well-known than Dracula to modern readers, The Beetle remains a leading example of the Gothic novel.
The story is told from the perspectives of four different characters, concluding with the account of the detective Augustus Champnell. The action takes place within a three-day period in an undisclosed year in the 1800s.
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