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