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Uncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram Haugh", is an 1864 Victorian Gothic mystery - thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike.
Uncle Silas (US: The Inheritance) is a 1947 British drama film directed by Charles Frank and starring Jean Simmons, Katina Paxinou and Derrick De Marney. [4] . It is an adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu 's 1864 novel Uncle Silas in which an heiress is pursued by her uncle, who craves her money following her father's death. [5]
Uncle Silas. J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Victor Sage (Editor) 3.73. 6,617 ratings567 reviews. One of the most significant and intriguing Gothic novels of the Victorian period and is enjoyed today as a modern psychological thriller.
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Uncle Silas. Based on Sheridan Le Fanu's novel, this Gothic mystery follows Maud (Lucy Fleming) in her struggle against the sinister machinations of her Uncle Silas (Robert Eddison).
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Overview. Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance. Charles Frank. Director. Sheridan Le Fanu. Novel. Ben Travers. Screenplay. John Chard.
19 de dez. de 2014 · By Amanda-Jane Doran. Published on 19 December 2014. A young girl is trapped in a mansion with her mysterious uncle and a sinister governess. With Charles Stewart's illustrations to this Gothic novel in our Tennant Gallery, the curator walks us through the story.
In Victorian Derbyshire, 17 year old orphan and heiress Maud Ruthyn is sent to live at the claustrophobic Bartram-Haugh house with her mysterious Uncle Silas. Silas has a reputation for gambling debts and past accusations of murder, but now lives as a reformed Christian.
