Uncle Silas
Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Classics & Modern Classics
J. Le Fanu (author), Victor Sage (editor), Victor Sage (author of introduction), Victor Sage (author of notes)
Paperback Published on: 07/12/2000
£12.99
Synopsis
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.
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780140437461
- Number of pages: 528
- Weight: 384g
- Dimensions: 199 x 130 x 29 mm