| Uncle Silas by J.Sheridan LeFanu, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Classics, Literary Contributor(s): Le Fanu, J. Sheridan (Author) |
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ISBN: 159224324X ISBN-13: 9781592243242 Publisher: Wildside Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: J. Sheridan LeFanu's Silas is the dark doppelganger to his brother Austin Ruthyn. When Austin dies and his daughter Maud is sent to live with her brooding uncle, the creeping, horrible nature of Silas' character unfolds. Addicted to laudanum and prey to inexplicable visions, Silas appears like a spirit to his neice Maud. Silas has his own plans for Maud and the fortune she will inherit. Uncle Silas is LeFanu's best-known novel, dealing with themes of spiritualism, secret corruption, greed, lust, and other peculiar Victorian obsessions. A classic novel of spiritual terror by one of the true masters of the form. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.24" W x 9.1" (1.40 lbs) 432 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Le Fanu, J. Sheridan: - "Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was a leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories." Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard." |