Uncle Silas - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Release Date: 1947-01-01

Genre: Fiction for Young Adults

4 (20 ratings)
Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel. 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.

Uncle Silas - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Release Date: 1947-01-01

Genre: Fiction for Young Adults

4 (20 ratings)
Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel. 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.

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