Uncle Silas
Penguin Main Series Number 279. 1st Edition, published 1940.
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, Le Fanu brought up to date Mrs Radcliffe's earlier tales of virtue imprisoned and menaced by 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.
Condition grading: Fair. Creases down left of front cover. Bottom right corner of front cover missing. Reglued damage to spine ends. Creasing across rear cover with some foxing. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series Number 279. 1st Edition, published 1940.
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, Le Fanu brought up to date Mrs Radcliffe's earlier tales of virtue imprisoned and menaced by 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.
Condition grading: Fair. Creases down left of front cover. Bottom right corner of front cover missing. Reglued damage to spine ends. Creasing across rear cover with some foxing. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series Number 279. 1st Edition, published 1940.
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, Le Fanu brought up to date Mrs Radcliffe's earlier tales of virtue imprisoned and menaced by 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.
Condition grading: Fair. Creases down left of front cover. Bottom right corner of front cover missing. Reglued damage to spine ends. Creasing across rear cover with some foxing. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
