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| Original Title: | Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh |
| ISBN: | 0140437460 (ISBN13: 9780140437461) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Maud Ruthyn, Austyn Ruthyn, Silas Ruthyn, Madame de la Rougierre, Lady Monica, Dudley Ruthyn, Dr. Bryerly, Dickon Hawkes, Milly Ruthyn |
| Setting: | Derbyshire, England(United Kingdom) England |
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Paperback | Pages: 477 pages Rating: 3.74 | 5658 Users | 421 Reviews
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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 menaced by 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.
Details About Books Uncle Silas
| Title | : | Uncle Silas |
| Author | : | J. Sheridan Le Fanu |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Penguin Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 477 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 2001 by Penguin Books (first published December 1864) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Gothic. Horror. Fiction. Mystery. Literature. 19th Century |
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Ratings: 3.74 From 5658 Users | 421 ReviewsEvaluation About Books Uncle Silas
I had such high expectations for this old classic that seemed almost impossible to get my hands on. My idea of a cozy mystery is a Gothic/Victorian Era mystery so when this finally became available to me I was thrilled to read it. I loved the sound of the premise: After the death of her father, a 17-year-old heiress is sent to live under her uncles care, of whom rumor has it he may or may not have committed a murder. I was concerned for her safety among a whole slew of suspicious characters. The4.5 stars - this was just awesome Victorian fun. Lots of twists and turns. Very atmospheric. I listened to the audio narrated by BJ Harrison. He did a great job. For the first hour or so I had a hard time with a male narrator since the MC, Maud is a young girl but he did the other voices so well and I got used to him as Maud's voice. I do think a talented female narrator might have been a better choice but overall great audio. This book was on my 2016 classics challenge and I am so glad that I
Buddy read with Hannah and Kim.More detailed discussion at The Readers Review Literature from 1800 to 1910After her father's death, Maud Ruthyn is sent to live with her Uncle Silas who is follower of the Swedenborggism. In this "religion", people could freely visit heaven and hell, and talk to angels, demons and other spirits (Wikipedia). According to her father's will, she will be forced to live there until her twenty first birthday.The plot is a truly turmoil of events and emotions where we
A Victorian gothic tale written in 1864. An orphaned 17 year old girl is sent to live with her Uncle Silas. She has never met him before. Years ago he was an excessive gambler and was accused of murder, and the scandal has never faded. Has Uncle Silas truly became a changed religious man, or is he a greedy man willing to kill to for greed?Due to the writing style of this time period, there is confusion sometimes on which character is speaking in the narrative. This caused me to reread passages
A tale of murder and greed. This is a fairly straightforward tale of an heiress who is left to the tender mercies of her enigmatic Uncle Silas.I enjoyed the dark and sinister atmosphere of the novel, and I loved the "lock room mystery". The characters were well portrayed from the slightly "hysterical" young Maud whose narration delivers the story, through to the "over the top" portrayal of the French governess, the creepy Madame.Loved the beginning the expectation of the novel, but by reaching
Uncle Silas isnt a great novel, but it does exactly what it sets out to do. It is an effective novel of sensation in the tradition of The Woman in White, presenting us with a likable heroine in increasingly perilous situations, leading to a hair-raisingand extremely well-executedclimax. There are not many thrills in Uncle Silas, but the thrills themselves are indeed thrilling, and Le Fanu knows exactly how to administer themsometimes by the dollop, occasionally with an eye-dropperin order to
For a melodramatic Sensation novel, with a plot containing all kinds of familial deception, this is actually quite dull. To be fair the opening is well crafted and tense, with the heroine menaced by a sinister French governess. However the middle (ironically, from when Uncle Silas himself is introduced) is far too long and uneventful and its only the last fifty or so pages when genuine drama resurfaces. Furthermore, even by the standards of Victorian male writers, Le Fanus heroine is limp and
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