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Uncle Silas

First published
1864
Pages
429

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  1. A Preliminary Word

    4:01

  2. Austin Ruthyn, Of Knowl, And His Daughter

    16:34

  3. Uncle Silas

    11:40

  4. A New Face

    12:05

  5. Madame De La Rougierre

    8:38

  6. Sights And Noises

    11:10

  7. A Walk In The Wood

    12:07

  8. Church Scarsdale

    11:43

  9. The Smoker

    11:05

  10. Monica Knollys

    12:44

  11. Lady Knollys Removes A Coverlet

    12:02

  12. Lady Knollys Sees The Features

    11:23

  13. A Curious Conversation

    11:06

  14. Before And After Breakfast

    13:24

  15. Angry Words

    16:30

  16. A Warning

    14:56

  17. Doctor Bryerly Looks In

    15:27

  18. An Adventure

    17:17

  19. A Midnight Visitor

    19:33

  20. Au Revoir

    17:19

  21. Austin Ruthyn Sets Out On His Journey

    15:59

  22. Arrivals

    18:53

  23. Somebody In The Room With The Coffin

    15:00

  24. I Talk With Doctor Bryerly

    15:44

  25. The Opening Of The Will

    22:51

  26. I Hear From Uncle Silas

    20:22

  27. The Story Of Uncle Silas

    15:43

  28. More About Tom Charke’s Suicide

    14:41

  29. I Am Persuaded

    20:11

  30. How The Ambassador Fared

    20:58

  31. On The Road

    17:52

  32. Bartram-Haugh

    23:32

  33. Uncle Silas

    19:29

  34. The Windmill Wood

    15:02

  35. Zamiel

    20:08

  36. We Visit A Room In The Second Storey

    15:49

  37. An Arrival At Dead Of Night

    17:37

  38. Doctor Bryerly Emerges

    17:50

  39. A Midnight Departure

    17:56

  40. Cousin Monica And Uncle Silas Meet

    20:06

  41. In Which I Make Another Cousin's Acquaintance

    17:16

  42. My Cousin Dudley

    16:54

  43. Elverston And Its People

    22:54

  44. News At Bartram Gate

    23:43

  45. A Friend Arises

    24:09

  46. A Chapter-Full of Lovers

    17:56

  47. The Rivals

    18:27

  48. Doctor Bryerly Reappears

    16:13

  49. Question and Answer

    16:41

  50. An Apparition

    20:13

  51. Milly's Farewell

    20:43

  52. Sarah Matilda Comes To Light

    20:02

  53. The Picture of a Wolf

    20:56

  54. An Odd Proposal

    21:31

  55. In Search Of Mr. Charke’s Skeleton

    23:18

  56. The Foot of Hercules

    16:45

  57. I Conspire

    14:00

  58. The Letter

    17:59

  59. Lady Knollys' Carriage

    18:14

  60. A Sudden Departure

    20:27

  61. The Journey

    16:47

  62. Our Bed-Chamber

    18:30

  63. A Well-Known Face Looks In

    18:20

  64. Spiced Claret

    18:31

  65. The Hour of Death

    13:47

  66. In The Oak Parlour

    5:24

  67. Conclusion

    12:20

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Orphaned and made an heiress, young Maud Ruthyn is sent to live with her father's estranged brother Silas, a recluse whose reputation never recovered from a guest's mysterious death years earlier at his crumbling mansion, Bartram-Haugh. As doors lock, servants turn strange, and escape grows impossible, Maud slowly grasps that her inheritance may be worth far more to her guardian than her life. Le Fanu's best-known novel is a masterclass in slow-burning menace, claustrophobia, and the helplessness of a young woman surrounded by people she cannot trust. First published in 1864, it remains a cornerstone of Victorian Gothic and an early model for the locked-house thriller. Free PDF and EPUB editions are available to download.

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J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish novelist and journalist celebrated for his Gothic mysteries and ghost stories. Writing from Dublin, where he ran several newspapers, he became the defining supernatural author of Victorian Ireland and a formative influence on Bram Stoker and M. R. James.

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Book facts

First published
1864
Reading time
About 12 hours
Pages
429
Language
English
Formats
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