Uncle Silas

Sheridan Le Fanu

322 pages
3.3 MB
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Young heiress Maud Ruthyn is sent to live with an uncle whose past nobody will explain. Le Fanu's 1864 novel builds its threat slowly, behind locked doors and polite smiles, until escape seems impossible.

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