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Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh (version 2)

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873)

Maud Ruthyn, the young, naive heroine, has a governess who is an enigmatic older woman, a liar, bully, and spy, who takes a dark secret with her when she leaves. Maud is then orphaned and moves in with her Uncle Silas, her father's mysterious brother and a man with a scandalous-even murderous-past. She is horrified to find her former governess appears in her life again, in this Gothic Victorian psychological thriller, with a touch of the occult - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Genre(s): Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Austin Ruthyn, of Knowl, and his Daughter	Lynne T	00:17:05
Play 02	Uncle Silas	Lynne T	00:11:00
Play 03	A New Face	Lynne T	00:12:12
Play 04	Madame de la Rougierre	Lynne T	00:09:10
Play 05	Sights and Noises	Lynne T	00:11:24
Play 06	A Walk in the Wood	Lynne T	00:13:19
Play 07	Church Scarsdale	Lynne T	00:12:56
Play 08	The Smoker	Lynne T	00:11:42
Play 09	Monica Knollys	Lynne T	00:12:53
Play 10	Lady Knollys Removes a Coverlet	Lynne T	00:12:17
Play 11	Lady Knollys Sees the Features	Lynne T	00:12:45
Play 12	A Curious Conversation	Lynne T	00:11:53
Play 13	Before and After Breakfast	Lynne T	00:13:33
Play 14	Angry Words	Lynne T	00:16:43
Play 15	A Warning	Lynne T	00:16:54
Play 16	Dr. Bryerly Looks In	Lynne T	00:16:08
Play 17	An Adventure	Lynne T	00:18:24
Play 18	A Midnight Visitor	Lynne T	00:18:52
Play 19	Au Revoir	Lynne T	00:15:44
Play 20	Austin Ruthyn Sets Out On His Journey	Lynne T	00:15:38
Play 21	Arrivals	Lynne T	00:17:46
Play 22	Somebody in the Room with the Coffin	Lynne T	00:14:52
Play 23	I Talk with Doctor Bryerly	Lynne T	00:16:01
Play 24	The Opening of the Will	Lynne T	00:21:16
Play 25	I Hear from Uncle Silas	Lynne T	00:19:29
Play 26	The Story of Uncle Silas	Lynne T	00:16:08
Play 27	More About Tom Charke's Suicide	Lynne T	00:15:03
Play 28	I am Persuaded	Lynne T	00:19:50
Play 29	How the Ambassador Fared	Lynne T	00:19:02
Play 30	On the Road	Lynne T	00:17:25
Play 31	Bartram-Haugh	Lynne T	00:22:26
Play 32	Uncle Silas	Lynne T	00:18:27
Play 33	The Windmill Wood	Lynne T	00:14:04
Play 34	Zamiel	Lynne T	00:18:18
Play 35	We Visit a Room in the Second Storey	Lynne T	00:14:45
Play 36	An Arrival at Dead of Night	Lynne T	00:17:06
Play 37	Dr. Bryerly Emerges	Lynne T	00:17:17
Play 38	A Midnight Departure	Lynne T	00:16:15
Play 39	Cousin Monica and Uncle Silas Meet	Lynne T	00:18:22
Play 40	In Which I Make Another Cousin's Acquaintance	Lynne T	00:15:43
Play 41	My Cousin Dudley	Lynne T	00:15:03
Play 42	Elverston and its People	Lynne T	00:22:12
Play 43	News at Bartram Gate	Lynne T	00:22:08
Play 44	A Friend Arises	Lynne T	00:24:32
Play 45	A Chapter Full of Lovers	Lynne T	00:16:57
Play 46	The Rivals	Lynne T	00:16:55
Play 47	Dr. Bryerly Reappears	Lynne T	00:14:30
Play 48	Question and Answer	Lynne T	00:15:21
Play 49	An Apparition	Lynne T	00:21:20
Play 50	Milly's Farewell	Lynne T	00:20:55
Play 51	Sarah Mathilda Comes to Light	Lynne T	00:20:00
Play 52	The Picture of a Wolf	Lynne T	00:19:08
Play 53	An Odd Proposal	Lynne T	00:19:18
Play 54	In Search of Mr. Charke's Skeleton	Lynne T	00:23:41
Play 55	The Foot of Hercules	Lynne T	00:14:59
Play 56	I Conspire	Lynne T	00:13:10
Play 57	The Letter	Lynne T	00:16:45
Play 58	Lady Knollys' Carriage	Lynne T	00:17:16
Play 59	A Sudden Departure	Lynne T	00:19:39
Play 60	The Journey	Lynne T	00:14:57
Play 61	Our Bedchamber	Lynne T	00:16:33
Play 62	A Well-Known Face Looks In	Lynne T	00:16:22
Play 63	Spiced Claret	Lynne T	00:16:41
Play 64	The Hour of Death	Lynne T	00:13:02
Play 65	In the Oak Parlour	Lynne T	00:04:53
Play 66	Conclusion	Lynne T	00:10:31

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