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Buddy read with Hannah and Kim.
More detailed discussion at The Readers Review Literature from 1800 to 1910
After her father's death, Maud Ruthyn is sent to live with her Uncle Silas who is follower of the Swedenborggism. In this "religion", people could freely visit heaven and hell, and talk to angels, demons and other spirits (Wikipedia). According to her father's will, she will be forced to live there until her twenty first birthday.
The plot is a truly turmoil of events and emotions where we ca ...more
More detailed discussion at The Readers Review Literature from 1800 to 1910
After her father's death, Maud Ruthyn is sent to live with her Uncle Silas who is follower of the Swedenborggism. In this "religion", people could freely visit heaven and hell, and talk to angels, demons and other spirits (Wikipedia). According to her father's will, she will be forced to live there until her twenty first birthday.
The plot is a truly turmoil of events and emotions where we ca ...more
I have no idea who is supposed to be depicted in that cover image, but jesus h. christ on a popsicle stick is he (she?) ever frightening.
Uncle Silas was a group read on my goodreads group, and qualifies as early gothic horror for purposes of R.I.P. It is an early example of a locked room mystery. It reminded me a lot of one Wilkie Collin’s sensation novels, and shared many of the same tropes. There were so many things going on this book that I could write pages and pages and still not cover it a ...more
Uncle Silas was a group read on my goodreads group, and qualifies as early gothic horror for purposes of R.I.P. It is an early example of a locked room mystery. It reminded me a lot of one Wilkie Collin’s sensation novels, and shared many of the same tropes. There were so many things going on this book that I could write pages and pages and still not cover it a ...more
A well deserved thank you goes to the Victorian group for suggesting this novel. I was completely enhanced by Maud and the other characters. Uncle Silas was written in 1864 -- the novel is a wonderful psychological thriller.
"Knowledge is power -- and power of one sort or another is the secret lust of human souls."
"As one footing fails, the Lord provides another. The stream of life is black and angry; how so many of us get across without drowning. I often wonder. The best way is not to look t ...more
"Knowledge is power -- and power of one sort or another is the secret lust of human souls."
"As one footing fails, the Lord provides another. The stream of life is black and angry; how so many of us get across without drowning. I often wonder. The best way is not to look t ...more
This book may be old, but it is so very entertaining!
I loved the first third of the book, but then its appeal dropped and dropped until it was drudgery to finish.
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