# Sydney Atherton — The Beetle character guide

> Sydney Atherton in The Beetle by Richard Marsh.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mr. Atherton, Atherton, Sidney, bee Sydney, Mr. Sydney Atherton, The mercurial Sydney

**First appearance:** 0000-book-i-the-house-with-the-open-window

## Who they are

A mercurial inventor and rival to Paul Lessingham, deeply involved in the central mystery.

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