The most popular novel by Gothic mystery and thriller writer Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas is one of the first of the "locked room" mystery genre, and served as the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle's The Firm of Girdlestone . Teenage heiress Maud...
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The most popular novel by Gothic mystery and thriller writer Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas is one of the first of the "locked room" mystery genre, and served as the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle's The Firm of Girdlestone . Teenage heiress Maud Ruthyn lives in a mansion with her withdrawn father. She slowly finds out that a man named Silas Ruthyn, a reprobate with a dark mysterious past, is her uncle, although he is now apparently a good Christian
Title; Contents; A Preliminary Word; Chapter I Austin Ruthyn, of Knowl, and His Daughter; Chapter II Uncle Silas; Chapter III A New Face; Chapter IV Madame De La Rougierre; Chapter V Sights and Noises; Chapter VI A Walk in the Wood; Chapter VII Church Scarsdale; Chapter VIII The Smoker; Chapter IX Monica Knollys; Chapter X Lady Knollys Removes a Coverlet; Chapter XI Lady Knollys Sees the Features; Chapter XII A Curious Conversation; Chapter XIII Before and After Breakfast; Chapter XIV Angry Words; Chapter XV A Warning; Chapter XVI Doctor Bryerly Looks In; Chapter XVII An Adventure
Chapter XVIII A Midnight VisitorChapter XIX Au Revoir; Chapter XX Austin Ruthyn Sets Out on His Journey; Chapter XXI Arrivals; Chapter XXII Somebody in the Room with the Coffin; Chapter XXIII I Talk with Doctor Bryerly; Chapter XXIV The Opening of the Will; Chapter XXV I Hear from Uncle Silas; Chapter XXVI The Story of Uncle Silas; Chapter XXVII More About Tom Charke's Suicide; Chapter XXVIII I Am Persuaded; Chapter XXIX How the Ambassador Fared; Chapter XXX On the Road; Chapter XXXI Bartram-Haugh; Chapter XXXII Uncle Silas; Chapter XXXIII The Windmill Wood; Chapter XXXIV Zamiel
Chapter XXXV We Visit a Room in the Second StoreyChapter XXXVI An Arrival at Dead of Night; Chapter XXXVII Doctor Bryerly Emerges; Chapter XXXVIII A Midnight Departure; Chapter XXXIX Cousin Monica and Uncle Silas Meet; Chapter XL In Which I Make Another Cousin's Acquaintance; Chapter XLI My Cousin Dudley; Chapter XLII Elverston and Its People; Chapter XLIII News at Bartram Gate; Chapter XLIV A Friend Arises; Chapter XLV A Chapter-Full of Lovers; Chapter XLVI The Rivals; Chapter XLVII Doctor Bryerly Reappears; Chapter XLVIII Question and Answer; Chapter XLIX An Apparition
Chapter L Milly's FarewellChapter LI Sarah Matilda Comes to Light; Chapter LII The Picture of a Wolf; Chapter LIII An Odd Proposal; Chapter LIV In Search of Mr. Charke's Skeleton; Chapter LV The Foot of Hercules; Chapter LVI I Conspire; Chapter LVII The Letter; Chapter LVIII Lady Knollys' Carriage; Chapter LIX A Sudden Departure; Chapter LX The Journey; Chapter LXI Our BedChamber; Chapter LXII A Well-Known Face Looks In; Chapter LXIII Spiced Claret; Chapter LXIV The Hour of Death; Chapter LXV In the Oak Parlour; Conclusion;
