Uncle Silas
a tale of bartram-haugh
$39.55
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
14 January 2001
Summary
Uncle Silas: A Victorian Gothic Thriller
One of the most significant and intriguing Gothic novels of the Victorian period, enjoyed today as a modern psychological thriller. In Uncle Silas (1864), Le Fanu updates Mrs. Radcliffe’s earlier tales of virtue imprisoned and menaced by 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 pl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140437461 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140437460 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | J. Le Fanu, Victor Sage |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2001 |
| Weight: | 385g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 28mm |
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About The Author
J. Le Fanu
Dublin-born Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) established himself as a journalist and writer of fiction and became one of the best-selling authors of the 1860-80s. His sinister and supernatural tales are the precursors of the modern ghost story.
Victor Sage teaches English at the University of East Anglia. A literary critic and short story writer, he has published critical books on Gothic literature, including Horror Fiction in the Protestant Tradition (Macmillan).
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