Uncle Silas
By (author): "Victor Sage, J. Sheridan Le Fanu"
Publish Date:
December 1864
ISBN0140437460
ISBN139780140437461
AsinUncle Silas
CharactersMaud Ruthyn, Austyn Ruthyn, Silas Ruthyn, Madame de la Rougierre, Lady
Original titleUncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
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 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 plots to kill Maud and claim her fortune. The novel established Le Fanu as a master of horror fiction.
