J. Le Fanu

Uncle Silas

A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
Herausgeber: Sage, Victor

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Maud Ruthyn is a 17 year old orphan left in the care of her fearful uncle, Silas. Together with his boorish son and a sinister French governess, Silas plots to kill Maud and claim her fortune.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780140437461
• ISBN-10: 0140437460
• Artikelnr.: 21752161

Autorenporträt

Dublin-born Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) established himself as a journalist and writer of fiction and became one of the best-selling authors of the 1860-80s. His sinister and supernatural tales are the precursors of the modern ghost story. Victor Sage teaches English at the University of East Anglia. A literary critic and short story writer, he has published critical books on Gothic literature, including Horror Fiction in the Protestant Tradition (Macmillan).