Uncle Silas
by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
668 pages~11 hrs
“In the house of your kin, the shadows hide more than just secrets.”
Trapped in a decaying estate with an uncle haunted by a dark past, young heiress Maud Ruthyn must navigate a web of psychological dread and sinister intentions. This Victorian Gothic masterpiece keeps readers on the edge as a simple inheritance transforms into a claustrophobic fight for survival.
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