num_pages: 428
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 one of the true masters of the form.
language: English
title: Uncle Silas
titlecomplete: Uncle Silas
characters: Milly Ruthyn, Silas Ruthyn, Lady Monica, Austyn Ruthyn, Madame de la Rougierre, Dudley Ruthyn, Dickon Hawkes, Dr. Bryerly, Maud Ruthyn
genres: Historical Fiction, Gothic, Literature, Victorian, Horror, Classics, Mystery, Irish Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 6413
places: Derbyshire, England, England
publisher: Wildside Pr