Overview
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.
- | Author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, Mybook
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Jan 25, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 478 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1984182633
- | ISBN-13: 9781984182630
