Uncle Silas
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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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 sub-genre. 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) (18 hr 38 min)
Chapters
A Preliminary Word | 4:01 | Read by Great Plains |
Austin Ruthyn, Of Knowl, And His Daughter | 16:34 | Read by Great Plains |
Uncle Silas | 11:40 | Read by Great Plains |
A New Face | 12:05 | Read by Great Plains |
Madame De La Rougierre | 8:38 | Read by Great Plains |
Sights And Noises | 11:10 | Read by Great Plains |
A Walk In The Wood | 12:07 | Read by Great Plains |
Church Scarsdale | 11:43 | Read by Great Plains |
The Smoker | 11:05 | Read by Great Plains |
Monica Knollys | 12:44 | Read by Great Plains |
Lady Knollys Removes A Coverlet | 12:02 | Read by Great Plains |
Lady Knollys Sees The Features | 11:23 | Read by Great Plains |
A Curious Conversation | 11:06 | Read by Great Plains |
Before And After Breakfast | 13:24 | Read by Great Plains |
Angry Words | 16:30 | Read by Great Plains |
A Warning | 14:56 | Read by Great Plains |
Doctor Bryerly Looks In | 15:27 | Read by Great Plains |
An Adventure | 17:17 | Read by Great Plains |
A Midnight Visitor | 19:33 | Read by Great Plains |
Au Revoir | 17:19 | Read by Great Plains |
Austin Ruthyn Sets Out On His Journey | 15:59 | Read by Great Plains |
Arrivals | 18:53 | Read by Great Plains |
Somebody In The Room With The Coffin | 15:00 | Read by Great Plains |
I Talk With Doctor Bryerly | 15:44 | Read by Great Plains |
The Opening Of The Will | 22:51 | Read by Great Plains |
I Hear From Uncle Silas | 20:22 | Read by Great Plains |
The Story Of Uncle Silas | 15:43 | Read by Great Plains |
More About Tom Charke’s Suicide | 14:41 | Read by Great Plains |
I Am Persuaded | 20:11 | Read by Great Plains |
How The Ambassador Fared | 20:58 | Read by Great Plains |
On The Road | 17:52 | Read by Great Plains |
Bartram-Haugh | 23:32 | Read by Great Plains |
Uncle Silas | 19:29 | Read by Great Plains |
The Windmill Wood | 15:02 | Read by Great Plains |
Zamiel | 20:08 | Read by Great Plains |
We Visit A Room In The Second Storey | 15:49 | Read by Great Plains |
An Arrival At Dead Of Night | 17:37 | Read by Great Plains |
Doctor Bryerly Emerges | 17:50 | Read by Great Plains |
A Midnight Departure | 17:56 | Read by Great Plains |
Cousin Monica And Uncle Silas Meet | 20:06 | Read by Great Plains |
In Which I Make Another Cousin's Acquaintance | 17:16 | Read by Great Plains |
My Cousin Dudley | 16:54 | Read by Great Plains |
Elverston And Its People | 22:54 | Read by Great Plains |
News At Bartram Gate | 23:43 | Read by Great Plains |
A Friend Arises | 24:09 | Read by Great Plains |
A Chapter-Full of Lovers | 17:56 | Read by Great Plains |
The Rivals | 18:27 | Read by Great Plains |
Doctor Bryerly Reappears | 16:13 | Read by Great Plains |
Question and Answer | 16:41 | Read by Great Plains |
An Apparition | 20:13 | Read by Great Plains |
Milly's Farewell | 20:43 | Read by Great Plains |
Sarah Matilda Comes To Light | 20:02 | Read by Great Plains |
The Picture of a Wolf | 20:56 | Read by Great Plains |
An Odd Proposal | 21:31 | Read by Great Plains |
In Search Of Mr. Charke’s Skeleton | 23:18 | Read by Great Plains |
The Foot of Hercules | 16:45 | Read by Great Plains |
I Conspire | 14:00 | Read by Great Plains |
The Letter | 17:59 | Read by Great Plains |
Lady Knollys' Carriage | 18:14 | Read by Great Plains |
A Sudden Departure | 20:27 | Read by Great Plains |
The Journey | 16:47 | Read by Great Plains |
Our Bed-Chamber | 18:30 | Read by Great Plains |
A Well-Known Face Looks In | 18:20 | Read by Great Plains |
Spiced Claret | 18:31 | Read by Great Plains |
The Hour of Death | 13:47 | Read by Great Plains |
In The Oak Parlour | 5:24 | Read by Great Plains |
Conclusion | 12:20 | Read by Great Plains |
Reviews
fascinating story
katamorrow
genre book which reminded me of turn of the screw, but less pretentious. I really like this underrated victorian author. His female characters are great, & if it were a movie it would pass the Bechtel test in spades. Interesting laudanum addiction angle. reading is competent and well paced.
nice reading but uninteresting
Anna Palinkas
Five starts for the reading! The story itself was a disappointment. It checks all the boxes of a victorian gothic yet there is no suspense and no mystery. You'll see everything coming from a mile away and all the events are sterched unnecessary long. The characters are flat and all behave as you would expect them to. Which makes it even more annoying that our clueless narrator can't figure any of them out. She is so helpless and naive (and whiny) that makes her unbelievable even for a victorian lady. She's supposed to be 18, why is she acting like a helpless child? Based on what I've read from him, I don't think Mr. Le Fanu had a high opinion of young women.... I wouldn't recommend this book, even with the great reading.
Some Ridiculous Characters
Lori K
The reader was excellent. The story wasn't very suspenseful nor mysterious. The girl was a whiny neurotic wuss! She didn't complain about her governess every time she should've. When she did complain she didn't mention important things like her finger being pulled back. The father wasn't as difficult to hear about but was also written about ridiculously at times. He didn't like his brother, didn't want him discussed with his daughter, yet wants to clear his name by making the decision he did. WTH? This stuff was hard to swallow & get through despite the story being written well.
Love the reader, but the protagonist is a whiner.
A LibriVox Listener
Very well read. This text is along the lines of what you would expect from this author. Long story which could have been shorter, but still fun to listen to. The protagonist chaps my nerves with her whining and wringing of hands, but otherwise a fun little tale.
They say
Michelle S
This author's art was influenced by the death of his teenage sister. He invented the "lesbian vimpire", a character who stays eternally young and is named after his real life sister. This is a classic gothic tale about a really screwed up family, told by a young heroine. Thank you for the excellent reading.
I liked it
Anagram65
I really liked this book. It really kept my interest and I really wanted to finish it to figure out how it all came together. I am glad I read it and I will read more by this author. The reader did a fantastic job. I will read more by him.
amazing reader ok book
Jessica Hernandez
The story is a little drawn out and tended to loose me at times. What kept me listening was the reader. He was amazing I would live to know who he is so I can hear me books he has hopefully recorded.
GREAT STORY!
ameyer99
truly a fantastic and long mystery which is such a great find on LibriVox there are many great Mysteries but not as long as I like and this one has 65 chapters. the narrator is very good and I thoroughly enjoyed this book