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Uncle Silas

Name: Uncle Silas
Author: Sheridan Le Fanu
ISBN: 9780192609960

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'The old woman opened the door, and the next moment I was in the presence of Uncle Silas.' In Victorian Derbyshire, 17 year old orphan and heiress Maud Ruthyn is sent to live at the claustrophobic Bartram-Haugh house with her mysterious Uncle Silas. Silas has a reputation for gambling debts and past accusations of murder, but now lives as a reformed Christian. Sinister schemes and preternatural events unfold as Silas, his son, and a malevolent governess plot against Maud and her fortune. Uncle S

First published: 2022 555 pages ISBN: 9780192609960

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 3
Language: eng

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Best Books Ever ListingsCategory: British LiteratureCategory: Crime, Thrillers and MysteryCategory: NovelsEngland, fictionFictionFiction, psychologicalFiction, thrillersFiction, thrillers, generalGothic fictionGovernessesGovernesses -- FictionLarge type booksMurderersMurderers -- FictionOrphansOrphans -- FictionPsychological fictionUnclesUncles -- Fiction

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