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Uncle Silas

by Joseph Sheridan LE FANU (1814 - 1873)

Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Swedenborg. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Listen next episodes of Uncle Silas:
A Chapter-Full of Lovers , A Friend Arises , A Sudden Departure , A Well-Known Face Looks In , An Apparition , An Odd Proposal , Conclusion , Doctor Bryerly Reappears , I Conspire , In Search Of Mr. Charke’s Skeleton , In The Oak Parlour , Lady Knollys' Carriage , Milly's Farewell , Our Bed-Chamber , Question and Answer , Sarah Matilda Comes To Light , Spiced Claret , The Foot of Hercules , The Hour of Death , The Journey , The Letter , The Picture of a Wolf , The Rivals