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Uncle Silas

Uncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram Haugh", is an 1864 Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu. The novel is a first-person narrative told from the viewpoint of one of the main characters. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by…

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Author
Sheridan Le Fanu
Genre
Gothic mystery-thriller, psychological suspense
Publication date
1864
Publisher
Dublin University Magazine (serialized) Richard Bentley (hardcover)
Language
English
Media type
Printed

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Uncle Silas

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Triples46
Avg. degree1.97
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related to Film and television adaptations · 16
Uncle Silas → British, Carolyn, Charles Frank, Derrick De Marney, Gainsborough Studios, Imagination, It, Jean Simmons, Lucy Fleming, Maud, Mystery, Robert Eddison, Silas, Thames Television, The Inheritance, United States
related to Allusions in other works · 15
Uncle Silas → Ann Radcliffe, Arthur Conan Doyle's The, Daphne, Firm, Girdlestone, Gothic, It, Jamaica Inn, Le Fanu's, Maurier, Rebecca, The Woman, There, White, Wilkie Collins
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Uncle Silas → Sheridan Le Fanu
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Uncle Silas → Gothic mystery-thriller, psychological suspense
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Uncle Silas → English
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Uncle Silas → Printed
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Uncle Silas → 1864
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Uncle Silas → Ireland
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Uncle Silas → Dublin University Magazine (serialized) Richard Bentley (hardcover)

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Uncle SilasAuthorSheridan Le Fanu1.00infobox
Uncle SilasGenreGothic mystery-thriller, psychological suspense1.00infobox
Uncle SilasLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Uncle SilasMedia typePrinted1.00infobox
Uncle SilasPublication date18641.00infobox
Uncle SilasPublication placeIreland1.00infobox
Uncle SilasPublisherDublin University Magazine (serialized) Richard Bentley (hardcover)1.00infobox
betrayalinstance ofexploration of various themes0.80text
inheritanceinstance ofexploration of various themes0.80text
and its depiction of a prominent female protagonistinstance ofexploration of various themes0.80text
the uniformly unfriendly servantsinstance ofdespite ominous signs0.80text
Silas's malevolent factotuminstance ofdespite ominous signs0.80text

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