# Uncle Silas

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- Authors: [Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu](https://www.bookquiver.com/sheridan-le-fanu)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2006-11-30

## Description

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.

## Editions

### Uncle Silas

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4043-746-1
- Pages: 528
- Published: 2006-11-30
- Language: en_GB

### Uncle Silas

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4195-888-0
- Published: 2006-11-30
- Language: en_GB