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Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh (Penguin Classics)

Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh (Penguin Classics)

by Victor Sage (Introduction), J. Le Fanu (Author)

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Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 528
 Edition: Reissue
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 07 Dec 2000
ISBN 10: 0140437460
ISBN 13: 9780140437461

Author Bio
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).