Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu

Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu

I thought I saw a human face, about the most terrible my fancy could have called up, looking fixedly into the room. The face gazed towards the bed, and in the imperfect light looked like a livid mask, with chalky eyes'. Master of the ghost story genre M.R. James commented that the, 'final terrific murder-scene and escape can hardly be forgotten' by those who have read Uncle Silas. Neither does the opening disappoint. As the November winds wail in ivied chimneys we are drawn into a Victorian Gothic atmosphere of menacing, sombre gloom and ebony shadows. Sheridan Le Fanu leaves us in no doubt that we are in for a feast of exciting drama, luring us into the intensely claustrophobic world of the nineteenth century sensational novel. Le Fanu is amongst the top-notch exponents of the creepy, the criminal and the oppressive. In this tale of the orphaned teenage heiress Maud Ruthyn, fearing for her life at the hands of her sinister uncle, he has created a rattling good plot with the depth of a social novel and the power of high romance.

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ISBN 13	9781840221718
ISBN 10	1840221712
Title	Uncle Silas
Author	Sheridan Le Fanu
Series	Tales Of Mystery And The Supernatural
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Year published	2009-03-05
Number of pages	432
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