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Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram Haugh
Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram Haugh
Author: J. S. LeFanu
A young Victorian girl orphaned and left in the care of her sinister uncle, tells a highly charged story of intimidation, criminality, and violence. Her uncle is assisted by a boorish son and a grotesque French governess in his attempts to seize his ward's fortune.
ISBN-13: 9780486217154
ISBN-10: 0486217159
Publication Date: 6/1/1966
Pages: 436
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 2
This is probably one of the prime examples of Victorian melodrama. To me, the novel kind of dragged but throughout the story there is a feeling of dread and foreboding. The heroine, Maud Ruthyn, has been placed in the care of the titular Uncle Silas, who has a dark past and may have committed a murder to resolve some of his debts. He is a former gambler and rogue not to mention an opium (laudanum) addict. Along with his son, Dudley, and the evil Madame De La Rougierre, it appears that Uncle Silas is plotting to get Maud's inherited riches. Or could Maud be imagining it all? This reminded me a lot of novels by the Brontës including Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. I would give this a mild recommendation but don't expect a fast paced novel like today's standards.
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