A Preliminary Word

Austin Ruthyn, Of Knowl, And His Daughter

Uncle Silas

A New Face

Madame De La Rougierre

Sights And Noises

A Walk In The Wood

Church Scarsdale

The Smoker

Monica Knollys

Lady Knollys Removes A Coverlet

Lady Knollys Sees The Features

A Curious Conversation

Before And After Breakfast

Angry Words

A Warning

Doctor Bryerly Looks In

An Adventure

A Midnight Visitor

Au Revoir

Austin Ruthyn Sets Out On His Journey

Arrivals

Somebody In The Room With The Coffin

I Talk With Doctor Bryerly

The Opening Of The Will

I Hear From Uncle Silas

The Story Of Uncle Silas

More About Tom Charke’s Suicide

I Am Persuaded

How The Ambassador Fared

On The Road

Bartram-Haugh

The Windmill Wood

Zamiel

We Visit A Room In The Second Storey

An Arrival At Dead Of Night

Doctor Bryerly Emerges

A Midnight Departure

Cousin Monica And Uncle Silas Meet

In Which I Make Another Cousin's Acquaintance

My Cousin Dudley

Elverston And Its People

News At Bartram Gate

A Friend Arises

A Chapter-Full of Lovers

The Rivals

Doctor Bryerly Reappears

Question and Answer

An Apparition

Milly's Farewell

Sarah Matilda Comes To Light

The Picture of a Wolf

An Odd Proposal

In Search Of Mr. Charke’s Skeleton

The Foot of Hercules

I Conspire

The Letter

Lady Knollys' Carriage

A Sudden Departure

The Journey

Our Bed-Chamber

A Well-Known Face Looks In

Spiced Claret

The Hour of Death

In The Oak Parlour

Conclusion

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 subgenre. The story is a first person narrative recounting the experiences of a young woman living in an isolated estate with her reclusive and sinister uncle.

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mystery