Uncle Silas
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Lu par Great Plains
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)
Chapitres
| A Preliminary Word | 4:01 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Austin Ruthyn, Of Knowl, And His Daughter | 16:34 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Uncle Silas | 11:40 | Lu par Great Plains |
| A New Face | 12:05 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Madame De La Rougierre | 8:38 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Sights And Noises | 11:10 | Lu par Great Plains |
| A Walk In The Wood | 12:07 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Church Scarsdale | 11:43 | Lu par Great Plains |
| The Smoker | 11:05 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Monica Knollys | 12:44 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Lady Knollys Removes A Coverlet | 12:02 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Lady Knollys Sees The Features | 11:23 | Lu par Great Plains |
| A Curious Conversation | 11:06 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Before And After Breakfast | 13:24 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Angry Words | 16:30 | Lu par Great Plains |
| A Warning | 14:56 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Doctor Bryerly Looks In | 15:27 | Lu par Great Plains |
| An Adventure | 17:17 | Lu par Great Plains |
| A Midnight Visitor | 19:33 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Au Revoir | 17:19 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Austin Ruthyn Sets Out On His Journey | 15:59 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Arrivals | 18:53 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Somebody In The Room With The Coffin | 15:00 | Lu par Great Plains |
| I Talk With Doctor Bryerly | 15:44 | Lu par Great Plains |
| The Opening Of The Will | 22:51 | Lu par Great Plains |
| I Hear From Uncle Silas | 20:22 | Lu par Great Plains |
| The Story Of Uncle Silas | 15:43 | Lu par Great Plains |
| More About Tom Charke’s Suicide | 14:41 | Lu par Great Plains |
| I Am Persuaded | 20:11 | Lu par Great Plains |
| How The Ambassador Fared | 20:58 | Lu par Great Plains |
| On The Road | 17:52 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Bartram-Haugh | 23:32 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Uncle Silas | 19:29 | Lu par Great Plains |
| The Windmill Wood | 15:02 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Zamiel | 20:08 | Lu par Great Plains |
| We Visit A Room In The Second Storey | 15:49 | Lu par Great Plains |
| An Arrival At Dead Of Night | 17:37 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Doctor Bryerly Emerges | 17:50 | Lu par Great Plains |
| A Midnight Departure | 17:56 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Cousin Monica And Uncle Silas Meet | 20:06 | Lu par Great Plains |
| In Which I Make Another Cousin's Acquaintance | 17:16 | Lu par Great Plains |
| My Cousin Dudley | 16:54 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Elverston And Its People | 22:54 | Lu par Great Plains |
| News At Bartram Gate | 23:43 | Lu par Great Plains |
| A Friend Arises | 24:09 | Lu par Great Plains |
| A Chapter-Full of Lovers | 17:56 | Lu par Great Plains |
| The Rivals | 18:27 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Doctor Bryerly Reappears | 16:13 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Question and Answer | 16:41 | Lu par Great Plains |
| An Apparition | 20:13 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Milly's Farewell | 20:43 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Sarah Matilda Comes To Light | 20:02 | Lu par Great Plains |
| The Picture of a Wolf | 20:56 | Lu par Great Plains |
| An Odd Proposal | 21:31 | Lu par Great Plains |
| In Search Of Mr. Charke’s Skeleton | 23:18 | Lu par Great Plains |
| The Foot of Hercules | 16:45 | Lu par Great Plains |
| I Conspire | 14:00 | Lu par Great Plains |
| The Letter | 17:59 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Lady Knollys' Carriage | 18:14 | Lu par Great Plains |
| A Sudden Departure | 20:27 | Lu par Great Plains |
| The Journey | 16:47 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Our Bed-Chamber | 18:30 | Lu par Great Plains |
| A Well-Known Face Looks In | 18:20 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Spiced Claret | 18:31 | Lu par Great Plains |
| The Hour of Death | 13:47 | Lu par Great Plains |
| In The Oak Parlour | 5:24 | Lu par Great Plains |
| Conclusion | 12:20 | Lu par Great Plains |
Critiques
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