English language
Published Nov. 21, 2021 by Independently Published.
Uncle Silas (Illustrated)
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Uncle Silas (Illustrated) (2021, Independently Published)
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- 979-8-4521-7719-7
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One of the most significant and intriguing Gothic novels of the Victorian period and is enjoyed today as a modern psychological thriller. In UNCLE SILAS (1864) Le Fanu brought up to date Mrs Radcliffe's earlier tales of virtue imprisoned and menacedby unscrupulous schemers. The narrator, Maud Ruthyn, is a 17 year old orphan left in the care of her fearful uncle, Silas. Together with his boorish son and a sinister French governess, Silas plots to kill Maud and claim her fortune. The novel established Le Fanu as a master of horror fiction.