{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Lesbian Bibliography","provider_url":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books","author_name":"NorthShore Noir Press","author_url":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/author\/lfw76books3429832\/","title":"The Beetle A Mystery by Richard Marsh","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"h1r6lUP2sB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/the-beetle-a-mystery-by-richard-marsh\/\">The Beetle A Mystery by Richard Marsh<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/the-beetle-a-mystery-by-richard-marsh\/embed\/#?secret=h1r6lUP2sB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Beetle A Mystery by Richard Marsh&#8221; &#8212; Lesbian Bibliography\" data-secret=\"h1r6lUP2sB\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TheBeetleAMysteryRichard106607_f.jpg","thumbnail_width":314,"thumbnail_height":500,"description":"First published in 1897, Richard Marsh s sensational fin-de-si cle Gothic masterpiece follows a shape-shifting, mesmeric creature from Egypt seeking vengeance against a British politician. Outselling Bram Stoker s Dracula upon its initial release, the novel is a critical entry for queer bibliography due to its heavy subversion of Victorian gender binaries. The antagonist shifts fluidly between a man, a woman, and a scarab beetle, exerting hypnotic control and enacting acts of sexual aggression against both male and female characters. By threatening the boundaries of the domestic English home with an unclassifiable, gender-ambiguous sexuality, Marsh s text serves as a vital historical record of late-nineteenth-century anxieties regarding homosexuality, transness, and non-normative desire."}