Download or read book The Goddess (Esprios Classics) written by Richard Marsh and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Goddess: A Demon (1900) is a novel by Richard Marsh. It was originally serialized in Manchester Weekly Times and Salford Weekly News in twelve installments. It was one of eight books Marsh published in as many months. The Goddess: a Demon followed Marsh's smash The Beetle. Although it was not as successful as The Beetle, but is one of Marsh's more recognized publications. The novel is a first person account by John Ferguson of his friend Edwin Lawrence's brutal murder, the beautiful woman who dropped through his window on the same night and the subsequent quest to solve the murder. Along the way Ferguson encounters threats he never expected and supernatural aspects he never imagined.