# My Uncle Silas

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- Authors: [H.E. Bates](https://www.bookquiver.com/he-bates)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2001-09-06

## Description

The deeds and misdeeds of Uncle Silas, the rural reprobate, were renowned in the short stories H E Bates published in the 1930s. In this collection the stories are presented in full, accompanied by the original drawings by Edward Ardizzone that perfectly capture the little reed-thatched house atop a violet-banked lane. Over the course of ninety-five years Uncle Silas found the time to do most things: He boasted of the villains he had knocked to kingdom come as he boasted of the women whose hearts he had truly captured. Crotchety, vainglorious, occasionally wicked, he maintained a devilish spark of audacity which made him so attractive to everyone he met.

## Editions

### My Uncle Silas

- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9942-197-9
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2001-09-06
- Language: en_GB