Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
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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. The novel established Le Fanu as a master of horror fiction.
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- UNCLE SILAS
- A Tale of Bartram-Haugh By
- J. S. LeFanu
- 1899
- TO THE RIGHT HON.
- THE COUNTESS OF GIFFORD,
- AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT, SYMPATHY, AND ADMIRATION
- This Tale
- IS INSCRIBED BY
- THE AUTHOR
- A PRELIMINARY WORD
- CONTENTS
- UNCLE SILAS
- A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
- CHAPTER I
- AUSTIN RUTHYN, OF KNOWL, AND HIS DAUGHTER
- CHAPTER II
- UNCLE SILAS
- CHAPTER III
- A NEW FACE
- CHAPTER IV
- MADAME DE LA ROUGIERRE
- CHAPTER V
- SIGHTS AND NOISES
- CHAPTER VI
- A WALK IN THE WOOD
- CHAPTER VII
- CHURCH SCARSDALE
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE SMOKER
- CHAPTER IX
- MONICA KNOLLYS
- CHAPTER X
- LADY KNOLLYS REMOVES A COVERLET
- CHAPTER XI
- LADY KNOLLYS SEES THE FEATURES
- CHAPTER XII
- A CURIOUS CONVERSATION
- CHAPTER XIII
- BEFORE AND AFTER BREAKFAST
- CHAPTER XIV
- ANGRY WORDS
- CHAPTER XV
- A WARNING
- CHAPTER XVI
- DOCTOR BRYERLY LOOKS IN
- CHAPTER XVII
- AN ADVENTURE
- CHAPTER XVIII
- A MIDNIGHT VISITOR
- CHAPTER XIX
- AU REVOIR
- CHAPTER XX
- AUSTIN RUTHYN SETS OUT ON HIS JOURNEY
- CHAPTER XXI
- ARRIVALS
- CHAPTER XXII
- SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM WITH THE COFFIN
- CHAPTER XXIII
- I TALK WITH DOCTOR BRYERLY
- CHAPTER XXIV
- THE OPENING OF THE WILL
- CHAPTER XXV
- I HEAR FROM UNCLE SILAS
- CHAPTER XXVI
- THE STORY OF UNCLE SILAS
- CHAPTER XXVII
- MORE ABOUT TOM CHARKE'S SUICIDE
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- I AM PERSUADED
- CHAPTER XXIX
- HOW THE AMBASSADOR FARED
- CHAPTER XXX
- ON THE ROAD
- CHAPTER XXXI
- BARTRAM-HAUGH
- CHAPTER XXXII
- UNCLE SILAS
- CHAPTER XXXIII
- THE WINDMILL WOOD
- CHAPTER XXXIV
- ZAMIEL
- CHAPTER XXXV
- WE VISIT A ROOM IN THE SECOND STOREY
- CHAPTER XXXVI
- AN ARRIVAL AT DEAD OF NIGHT
- CHAPTER XXXVII
- DOCTOR BRYERLY EMERGES
- CHAPTER XXXVIII
- A MIDNIGHT DEPARTURE
- CHAPTER XXXIX
- COUSIN MONICA AND UNCLE SILAS MEET
- CHAPTER XL
- IN WHICH I MAKE ANOTHER COUSIN'S ACQUAINTANCE
- CHAPTER XLI
- MY COUSIN DUDLEY
- CHAPTER XLII
- ELVERSTON AND ITS PEOPLE
- CHAPTER XLIII
- NEWS AT BARTRAM GATE
- CHAPTER XLIV
- A FRIEND ARISES
- CHAPTER XLV
- A CHAPTER-FULL OF LOVERS
- CHAPTER XLVI
- THE RIVALS
- CHAPTER XLVII
- DOCTOR BRYERLY REAPPEARS
- CHAPTER XLVIII
- QUESTION AND ANSWER
- CHAPTER XLIX
- AN APPARITION
- CHAPTER L
- MILLY'S FAREWELL
- CHAPTER LI
- SARAH MATILDA COMES TO LIGHT
- CHAPTER LII
- THE PICTURE OF A WOLF
- CHAPTER LIII
- AN ODD PROPOSAL
- CHAPTER LIV
- IN SEARCH OF MR. CHARKE'S SKELETON
- CHAPTER LV
- THE FOOT OF HERCULES
- CHAPTER LVI
- I CONSPIRE
- CHAPTER LVII
- THE LETTER
- CHAPTER LVIII
- LADY KNOLLYS' CARRIAGE
- CHAPTER LIX
- A SUDDEN DEPARTURE
- CHAPTER LX
- THE JOURNEY
- CHAPTER LXI
- OUR BED-CHAMBER
- CHAPTER LXII
- A WELL-KNOWN FACE LOOKS IN
- CHAPTER LXIII
- SPICED CLARET
- CHAPTER LXIV
- THE HOUR OF DEATH
- CHAPTER LXV
- IN THE OAK PARLOUR
- CONCLUSION
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