Uncle Silas

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

by Sheridan Le Fanu

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Originally published by Dublin University Magazine

'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 1864555 pages

823.8

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 3
Editions known: 214

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 823.8
Library of Congress (LCC): PZ0003.L518 Un 1977bPR4879.L7U5 2000PR4879.L7 Un 1977PR4879.L7 U5 2000

Subjects

England, fictionEnglish literatureFictionFiction, horrorFiction, psychologicalFiction, suspenseFiction, thrillersFiction, thrillers, generalFiction, thrillers, suspenseGothic fiction (Literary genre)GovernessesGovernesses -- Fiction

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ISBN 9780192609960English

DATE DUE

First published1864

Film adaptation2023

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