The Beetle

Table of Contents

52 Chapters

1Book I 2I: Outside 3II: Inside 4III: The Man in the Bed 5IV: A Lonely Vigil 6V: An Instruction to Commit Burglary 7VI: A Singular Felony 8VII: The Great Paul Lessingham 9VIII: The Man in the Street 10IX: The Contents of the Packet 11Book II: The Haunted Man 12X: Rejected 13XI: A Midnight Episode 14XII: A Morning Visitor 15XIII: The Picture 16XIV: The Duchess’ Ball 17XV: Mr. Lessingham Speaks 18XVI: Atherton’s Magic Vapour 19XVII: Magic?—Or Miracle?20XVIII: The Apotheosis of the Beetle 21XIX: The Lady Rages 22XX: A Heavy Father 23XXI: The Terror in the Night 24XXII: The Haunted Man 25Book III: The Terror by Night and the Terror by Day 26XXIII: The Way He Told Her 27XXIV: A Woman’s View 28XXV: The Man in the Street 29XXVI: A Father’s No 30XXVII: The Terror by Night 31XXVIII: The Strange Story of the Man in the Street 32XXIX: The House on the Road from the Workhouse 33XXX: The Singular Behaviour of Mr. Holt 34XXXI: The Terror by Day 35Book IV: In Pursuit 36XXXII: A New Client 37XXXIII: What Came of Looking Through a Lattice 38XXXIV: After Twenty Years 39XXXV: A Bringer of Tidings 40XXXVI: What the Tidings Were 41XXXVII: What Was Hidden Under the Floor 42XXXVIII: The Rest of the Find 43XXXIX: Miss Louisa Coleman 44XL: What Miss Coleman Saw Through the Window 45XLI: The Constable—His Clue—and the Cab 46XLII: The Quarry Doubles 47XLIII: The Murder at Mrs. ’Enderson’s 48XLIV: The Man Who Was Murdered 49XLV: All That Mrs. ’Enderson Knew 50XLVI: The Sudden Stopping