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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Dedication

A Preliminary Word

I: Austin Ruthyn, of Knowl, and His Daughter

II: Uncle Silas

III: A New Face

IV: Madame de la Rougierre

V: Sights and Noises

VI: A Walk in the Wood

VII: Church Scarsdale

VIII: The Smoker

IX: Monica Knollys

X: Lady Knollys Removes a Coverlet

XI: Lady Knollys Sees the Features

XII: A Curious Conversation

XIII: Before and After Breakfast

XIV: Angry Words

XV: A Warning

XVI: Doctor Bryerly Looks In

XVII: An Adventure

XVIII: A Midnight Visitor

XIX: Au Revoir

XX: Austin Ruthyn Sets Out on His Journey

XXI: Arrivals

XXII: Somebody in the Room with the Coffin

XXIII: I Talk with Doctor Bryerly

XXIV: The Opening of the Will

XXV: I Hear from Uncle Silas

XXVI: The Story of Uncle Silas

XXVII: More About Tom Charke’s Suicide

XXVIII: I Am Persuaded

XXIX: How the Ambassador Fared

XXX: On the Road

XXXI: Bartram-Haugh

XXXII: Uncle Silas

XXXIII: The Windmill Wood

XXXIV: Zamiel

XXXV: We Visit a Room in the Second Storey

Volume I

I: An Arrival at Dead of Night

II: Doctor Bryerly Emerges

III: A Midnight Departure

IV: Cousin Monica and Uncle Silas Meet

V: In Which I Make Another Cousin’s Acquaintance

VI: My Cousin Dudley

VII: Elverston and Its People

VIII: News at Bartram Gate

IX: A Friend Arises

X: A Chapter-Full of Lovers

XI: The Rivals

XII: Doctor Bryerly Reappears

XIII: Question and Answer

XIV: An Apparition

XV: Milly’s Farewell

XVI: Sarah Matilda Comes to Light

XVII: The Picture of a Wolf

XVIII: An Odd Proposal

XIX: In Search of Mr. Charke’s Skeleton

XX: The Foot of Hercules

XXI: I Conspire

XXII: The Letter

XXIII: Lady Knollys’ Carriage

XXIV: A Sudden Departure

XXV: The Journey

XXVI: Our Bedchamber

XXVII: A Well-Known Face Looks In

XXVIII: Spiced Claret

XXIX: The Hour of Death

XXX: In the Oak Parlour

Conclusion

Volume II

Uncle Silas

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