Uncle Silas (Annotated)

Uncle Silas is one of the defining achievements of Victorian Gothic fiction, a psychologically intricate tale of inheritance, confinement, and moral ambiguity. Narrated retrospectively by the young Maud Ruthyn, the novel transforms the country house into a theater of dread, where family secrecy and legal vulnerability become instruments of terror. Le Fanu's prose is elegant, insinuating, and atmos...