Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh |
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Author:
| Le Fanu, J. Sheridan |
ISBN: | 979-8-7573-1649-9 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2021 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $18.99 |
Book Description:
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Uncle Silas, A Tale of Bartram-Haugh, is an 1864 Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by Sheridan Le Fanu. This novel has been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike and is an early example of the locked-room mystery subgenre. The narrator, an adolescent girl Maud Ruthyn, an heiress living with her somber, reclusive father Austin Ruthyn in their mansion at Knowl. Through the novel, Maud learns about her Uncle Silas, the black sheep...
More DescriptionUncle Silas, A Tale of Bartram-Haugh, is an 1864 Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by Sheridan Le Fanu. This novel has been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike and is an early example of the locked-room mystery subgenre. The narrator, an adolescent girl Maud Ruthyn, an heiress living with her somber, reclusive father Austin Ruthyn in their mansion at Knowl. Through the novel, Maud learns about her Uncle Silas, the black sheep of the family who is involved in the suspicious suicide of a man to whom he owed an enormous gambling debt.