Not much is known of Marsh's early life. Marsh began his literary career with the novel Dorrincourt in 1881, which was published under his true identity of Bernard Heldmann. Marsh later adopted the pseudonym Richard Marsh and this appeared on all of his work after 1883. His most famous work, The Beetle, made its appearance in 1897 as a serial in Answers weekly magazine, just beating Bram Stoker's Dracula, which appeared later that year. The Beetle was an enormous success and continued to be reprinted in large editions well into the 1920's. In 1919, it was made into a film. Marsh's success led to many more novels and short stories which included Tom Ossington's Ghost (1898), Curios, Some Strange Adventures of Two Bachelors (1898), A Second Coming (1900), The Seen and the Unseen (1900), Marvels and Mysteries (1900), Amusement Only (1901), Both Sides of the Veil (1902), The Death Whistle (1903), A Spoiler of Men (1905), The Coward Behind the Curtain (1908), A Master of Deception (1913) and The Woman in the Car (1915). |
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