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4.5 · 480 pages · First published 1864
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.
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UnclesOrphansFictionGovernessesMurderersFiction, thrillersEngland, fictionFiction, thrillers, generalFiction, psychologicalLarge type booksFiction, horrorFiction, thrillers, suspenseFiction, suspenseEnglish literatureOrphans -- FictionPsychological fictionGovernesses -- FictionUncles -- FictionGothic fiction (Literary genre)Murderers -- Fiction
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