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Uncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram Haugh", is an 1864 Victorian Gothic mystery - thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike.
As she leaves the house, she encounters Tom Brice, a servant who is in love with Meg. The man curses his master’s villainy and drives Maud to safety at Elverston. She is so shaken by her ...
In UNCLE SILAS (1864) Le Fanu brought up to date Mrs Radcliffe's earlier tales of virtue imprisoned and menaced by unscrupulous schemers. The narrator, Maud Ruthyn, is a 17 year old orphan left in the care of her fearful uncle, Silas. The novel established Le Fanu as a master of horror fiction. 477 pages, Paperback.
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Aug 12, 2024 · Uncle Silas was standing near the window looking unspeakably grim.' 33 Recollecting the incident the next morning, Maud repeats her impression of the meeting: 'My recollection of what had passed ...
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.
Believing in Silas's innocence, his brother Austin at his death leaves a will designed to demonstrate his confidence in his brother: Silas is made guardian to Austin's daughter, Maud, and her entire fortune is to go to him if she dies under age.
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Jan 8, 2019 · uncle silas When we reached the drawing-room, I resumed my chair, and my father his slow and regular walk to and fro, in the great room. Perhaps it was the uproar of the wind that disturbed the ordinary tenor of his thoughts; but, whatever was the cause, certainly he was unusually talkative that night.
