Dr. Bryerly Reappears

Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh (version 2)

by Joseph Sheridan LE FANU (1814 - 1873)

Maud Ruthyn, the young, naive heroine, has a governess who is an enigmatic older woman, a liar, bully, and spy, who takes a dark secret with her when she leaves. Maud is then orphaned and moves in with her Uncle Silas, her father's mysterious brother and a man with a scandalous-even murderous-past. She is horrified to find her former governess appears in her life again, in this Gothic Victorian psychological thriller, with a touch of the occult - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Listen next episodes of Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh (version 2):
A Sudden Departure , A Well-Known Face Looks In , An Apparition , An Odd Proposal , Conclusion , I Conspire , In Search of Mr. Charke's Skeleton , In the Oak Parlour , Lady Knollys' Carriage , Milly's Farewell , Our Bedchamber , Question and Answer , Sarah Mathilda Comes to Light , Spiced Claret , The Foot of Hercules , The Hour of Death , The Journey , The Letter , The Picture of a Wolf