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