Uncle Silas, A Tale of Bartram Haugh

Name: Uncle Silas, A Tale of Bartram Haugh
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
ISBN: 9781982761806

Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Narrator: Lynne Thompson

Unabridged: 17 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Author's Republic

Published: 05/22/2019

Categories: Fiction, Gothic

Synopsis

Maud Ruthyn, the young, naive heroine, has a governess who is an enigmatic older woman, a liar, bully, and spy, who takes a dark secret with her when she leaves. Maud is then orphaned and moves in with her Uncle Silas, her father's mysterious brother and a man with a scandalous-even murderous-past. She is horrified to find her former governess appears in her life again, in this Gothic Victorian psychological thriller, with a touch of the occult

About Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814â€“1873) was an Irish writer best known for his horror fiction. A meticulous craftsman Le Fanu was a master of tone and effect, rather than â€œshock horrorâ€, and frequently reworked plots and ideas from his earlier short stories for his novels, which also included Gothic fiction and mysteries. A leading writer of the Victorian era, his most popular works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla, and The House by the Churchyard.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

Uncle Silas isn’t a great novel, but it does exactly what it sets out to do. It is an effective “novel of sensation” in the tradition of The Woman in White, presenting us with a likable heroine in increasingly perilous situations, leading to a hair-raising—and extremely well-executed—climax. There a......more

Goodreads review by Paul

My name is Maud and I’m only 17 and I’m a total feeb, seriously. I’m literally scared of my own shadow! But really, who wouldn’t be? Those things follow you around. And they’re so quiet. What are they up to? I live in a vast stately home because my father has more money than the Bank of Freaking Eng......more

Goodreads review by Bilbo

7/5 stars~~~~~~~ This book......... This is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITES RIGHT HERE!!! There was so much depth and darkness to this book, but it also had so much joy and it was funny! I found my self laughing outloud tons of times! Then again, this book is TERRIFYING. I was so freaked out while I was r......more