Uncle Silas
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Uncle Silas
By (Author) J. Le Fanu
Edited by Victor Sage
Introduction by Victor Sage
Notes by Victor Sage
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
15th January 2001
7th December 2000
United Kingdom
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
528
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
385g
Description
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.
Author Bio
Dublin-born Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) established himself as a journalist and writer of fiction and became one of the best-selling authors of the 1860-80s. His sinister and supernatural tales are the precursors of the modern ghost story. Victor Sage teaches English at the University of East Anglia. A literary critic and short story writer, he has published critical books on Gothic literature, including Horror Fiction in the Protestant Tradition (Macmillan).
