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  • Published: 15 January 2001
  • ISBN: 9780140437461
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $27.99

Uncle Silas




First time in Penguin Classics for this masterpiece of Victorian Gothic

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.

  • Published: 15 January 2001
  • ISBN: 9780140437461
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $27.99

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