Uncle Silas

by Sheridan Le Fanu

Overview

'Uncle Silas' is Sheridan Le Fanu's most critically acclaimed work, a locked-room gothic mystery novel in the tradition of Wilkie Collins, but with a darker edge. The narrator is Maud Ruthyn, a teenage heiress who lives in a sombre mansion with her morbid father. Things change, however, when she becomes aware of the existence of a lost uncle, a man with a sinister and mysterious past...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781479159215
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/20/2012
Pages:	418
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.93(d)

About the Author

Sheridan Le Fanu

Claire Connolly is Professor of Modern English at University College Cork in Ireland. Her book A Cultural History of the Irish Novel, 1790-1829 (2011) won the Donald J. Murphy Prize, awarded by the American Conference for Irish Studies. With Marjorie Howes (Boston College), she is General Editor of Irish Literature in Transition, 1700-2020 (2020).

Table of Contents

IntroductionNote on the TextSelect BibliographyA Chronology of Sheridan Le FanuUNCLE SILASExplanatory Notes

Editorial Reviews

"I would recommend for professors of British literature to assign this work in undergraduate and graduate classes without hesitation. It will not be an easy read, but each of them will come away with unique things to write about. This also means that this book is suitable for libraries of all types and sizes, so that some of the poorer students can access some free copies." — Anna Faktorovich, Pennsylvania Literary Journal

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