Uncle Silas

Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery novel first published in 1864 (an 1899 edition is presented here). It features the earliest examples of a locked room mystery subgenre. The novel is based on "A Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess" (1839) which itself was later published as The Murdered Cousin in 1851

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UNCLE SILAS

A Tale of Bartram-Haugh

By
J. S. LeFanu

1899

TO
THE RIGHT HON.
THE COUNTESS OF GIFFORD,
AS A TOKEN OF
RESPECT, SYMPATHY, AND ADMIRATION
This Tale
IS INSCRIBED BY
THE AUTHOR