Uncle Silas by J.Sheridan LeFanu, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Classics, Literary
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
(Author)
Description
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 opne of the true masters of the form.
Product Details
Price
$47.95
$44.59
Publisher
Borgo Press
Publish Date
November 01, 2002
Pages
432
Dimensions
6.34 X 9.4 X 1.43 inches | 1.83 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781587158865
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About the Author
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.
