Richard Marsh

‘Richard Marsh’ (Richard Bernard Heldmann, 1857–1915) was a bestselling, versatile and prolific author of gothic, crime, adventure, romantic and comic fiction. This book, the first on Marsh, establishes his credentials as a significant agent within the fin de siècle gothic revival. Marsh’s work spans a range of gothic modes, including the canonical fin de siècle subgenres of urban and imperial gothic and gothic-inflected sensation and supernatural fiction, but also rarer hybrid genres such as the comic gothic and the occult romance. His greatest success came in 1897 when he published his bestselling invasion narrative The Beetle: A Mystery, a novel that articulated many of the key themes of fin de siècle urban gothic and outsold its close rival, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, well into the twentieth century. The present work extends studies of Marsh’s literary production beyond The Beetle, contending that, in addition to his undoubted interest in non-normative gender and ethnic identities, Marsh was a writer with an acute sense of spatiality, whose fiction can be read productively through the lens of spatial theory.

Two hopeful, hapless romantics get drunk, get it on, and then get the hell away from each other. In her eyes, he's a mistake. A mistake who keeps turning up at parties. In his eyes, she's perfect. He's short-sighted. This achingly funny, romantic catastrophe fuses poetry and prose to ask can a one-night stand last a lifetime. A very human tale of good intentions and bad timing. Winner of 2012 Fringe First (for innovation and outstanding new writing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Dirty Great Love Story is a tale of the chance of love in a one-night stand.

‘Richard Marsh’ (Richard Bernard Heldmann, 1857–1915) was a bestselling, versatile and prolific author of gothic, crime, adventure, romantic and comic fiction. This book, the first on Marsh, establishes his credentials as a significant agent within the fin de siècle gothic revival. Marsh’s work spans a range of gothic modes, including the canonical fin de siècle subgenres of urban and imperial gothic and gothic-inflected sensation and supernatural fiction, but also rarer hybrid genres such as the comic gothic and the occult romance. His greatest success came in 1897 when he published his bestselling invasion narrative The Beetle: A Mystery, a novel that articulated many of the key themes of fin de siècle urban gothic and outsold its close rival, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, well into the twentieth century. The present work extends studies of Marsh’s literary production beyond The Beetle, contending that, in addition to his undoubted interest in non-normative gender and ethnic identities, Marsh was a writer with an acute sense of spatiality, whose fiction can be read productively through the lens of spatial theory.

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Richard Marsh wich are The Crime and the Criminal and The Beetle. Richard Marsh 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, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular. Novels selected for this book: - The Crime and the Criminal. - The Beetle.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

This meticulously edited Richard Marsh collection includes: Novels: The Beetle Tom Ossington's Ghost Crime and the Criminal The Datchet Diamonds The Chase of the Ruby The Twickenham Peerage Miss Arnott's Marriage The Great Temptation The Master of Deception A Duel The Woman with One Hand The Coward behind the Curtain A Woman Perfected Violet Forster's Lover A Hero of Romance A Second Coming Short Stories: Marvels and Mysteries The Long Arm of Coincidence The Mask An Experience Pourquoipas By Suggestion A Silent Witness To Be Used Against Him The Words of a Little Child How he Passed! Between the Dark and the Daylight My Aunt's Excursion The Irregularity of the Juryman Mitwaterstraand Exchange is Robbery The Haunted Chair Nelly La Haute Finance Mrs. Riddle's Daughter Miss Donne's Great Gamble Skittles Em A Relic of the Borgias Frivolities The Purse Which Was Found For One Night Only Returning a Verdict The Chancellor's Ward A Honeymoon Trip The Burglar's Blunder Ninepence A Battlefield up-to-Date Mr. Harland's Pupils A Burglar Alarm A Lesson in Sculling Outside Amusement Only The Lost Duchess The Strange Occurrences in Canterstone Jail Twins! A Vision of the Night The Way of a Maid with a Man Aunt Jane's Jalap Willyum His First Experiment An Old-fashioned Christmas By Deputy Mr. Whiting and Mary Ann A Substitute The Confessions of a Young Lady A Wonderful Girl Cupid's Messenger The Ogre The Handwriting The People's Stock Exchange Breaking the Ice A Girl Who Couldn't The Princess Margaretta The End of His Holiday The Girl and the Boy A Mutual Affinity Magical Music A Runaway Wife Under One Flag A Pet of the Ballet A Christmas Miracle Our Musical Comedy Staggers My Wedding Day Two of a Trade Rewarded On the River A Member of the Anti-Tobacco League That Foursome An Episcopal Scandal Mr Bloxam and the British Constitution For Debt The Thirteen Club Uncollected Stories Capturing a Convict The Disappearance of Mrs. Macrecham

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Novels:The BeetleTom Ossington's GhostCrime and the CriminalThe Datchet DiamondsThe Chase of the RubyThe Twickenham PeerageMiss Arnott's MarriageThe Great TemptationThe Master of DeceptionA DuelThe Woman with One HandThe Coward behind the CurtainA Woman PerfectedViolet Forster's LoverA Hero of RomanceA Second ComingShort Stories:Marvels and MysteriesThe Long Arm of CoincidenceThe MaskAn ExperiencePourquoipasBy SuggestionA Silent WitnessTo Be Used Against HimThe Words of a Little ChildHow he Passed!Between the Dark and the DaylightMy Aunt's ExcursionThe Irregularity of the JurymanMitwaterstraandExchange is RobberyThe Haunted ChairNellyLa Haute FinanceMrs. Riddle's DaughterMiss Donne's Great GambleSkittlesEmA Relic of the BorgiasFrivolitiesThe Purse Which Was FoundFor One Night OnlyReturning a VerdictThe Chancellor's WardA Honeymoon TripThe Burglar's BlunderNinepenceA Battlefield up-to-DateMr. Harland's PupilsA Burglar AlarmA Lesson in ScullingOutsideAmusement OnlyThe Lost DuchessThe Strange Occurrences in Canterstone JailTwins!A Vision of the NightThe Way of a Maid with a ManAunt Jane's JalapWillyumHis First ExperimentAn Old-fashioned ChristmasBy DeputyMr. Whiting and Mary AnnA SubstituteThe Confessions of a Young LadyA Wonderful GirlCupid's MessengerThe OgreThe HandwritingThe People's Stock ExchangeBreaking the IceA Girl Who Couldn'tThe Princess MargarettaThe End of His HolidayThe Girl and the BoyA Mutual AffinityMagical MusicA Runaway WifeUnder One FlagA Pet of the BalletA Christmas MiracleOur Musical ComedyStaggersMy Wedding DayTwo of a TradeRewardedOn the RiverA Member of the Anti-Tobacco LeagueThat FoursomeAn Episcopal ScandalMr Bloxam and the British ConstitutionFor DebtThe Thirteen ClubUncollected StoriesCapturing a ConvictThe Disappearance of Mrs. Macrecham