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Una Ragazza Sexy In Citta’ - Un Racconto Breve
by T. M. Bilderback Francesca MarrucciUNA RAGAZZA SEXY IN CITTA' - UN RACCONTO BREVE di T. M. Bilderbackun detective che è sulle tracce di un cruento killer è distratto da una giovane donna bellissima.Ci sono stati parecchi omicidi cruenti nel Villaggio Bohémien, la parte della città in cui vivono gli artisti. Ogni vittima era un uomo e tutti sono stati visti l'ultima volta mentre ballavano nei nightclub del Villaggio.I Detective John Yates e James William 'Jim Bill' Coleman hanno l'incarico di sorvegliare uno di questi nightclub, cercando chiunque possa celarsi dietro questi 'Omicidi da ballo'.La situazione si complica quando il Detective Coleman sviluppa una vera e propria ossessione per una ragazza che vede nel club. Nessuno sa chi sia. Nessuno sa da dove venga.Tutti gli uomini la guardano e vorrebbero portarsela a casa.Ma la ragazza sarà causa di distrazione per Coleman dal catturare il killer? Scopritelo, leggendo questa strana storia di T. M. Bilderback.Genere: Racconto HorrorLingua: Italiano
Una Vida a la Basura
by Andrew LennonA Dave solo le gusta sentarse y ver como su vida se va por la borda. Hasta que una noche su mundo se puso boca abajo y su vida destrozada, arrojándolo a una batalla que debe ganar contra con un enemigo desconocido. Sin tiempo que perder y las probabilidades en su contra. ¿Puede poner fin a esta "cosa" o es demasiado tarde?
Una cura cantada
by D. S. PaisUna mujer siempre está en un estado mental confundido después de un encuentro casual con un hombre de mediana edad. Cuando cosas raras siguen sucediéndole, decide ponerle un final a todas sus aprehensiones.
Una fierecilla indomable (Bat Pat #33)
by Roberto Pavanello¡Por todos los mosquitos! Acompaña al murciélago detective Bat Pat y a los hermanos Silver: Leo, Martin y Rebecca en esta gran aventura. ¡¡¡HOLA!!! SOY BAT PAT.OS VOY A CONTAR UNA HISTORIA QUE OS PONDRÁ LOS PELOS DE PUNTA...¿ESTÁIS PREPARADOS? Sabíais que los murciélagos tenemos el oído extremadamente sensible, ¿verdad? Entonces entenderéis mi sufrimiento si os cuento que... ¡¡Leo se ha apuntado a clases de canto!! Mientras, Rebecca ha recogido de la calle a un adorable cachorro. Pero el enterrador lo ha raptado y encerrado con unos perros peligrosos. Con Rebecca, Martin y Leo deberemos rescatarlo... ¡Suerte que el canto amansa a las fieras!
Una mano che urla
by Carmelo M. Tidona Mark LeslieUna libreria che conserva più che tomi polverosi sui suoi scaffali, un arto fantasma che può raggiungere l'aldilà, un fumetto che colora le vite della gente col terrore, tombe incapaci di trattenere il loro contenuto, un collezionista di artefatti infestati che ottiene più di ciò che desiderava, un'autostrada del nord deserta che riporta a un uomo le sue peggiori paure infantili, un incontro col babau e altro ancora. Questa raccolta di raggelanti racconti e inquietanti poesie dalla mente oscura di Mark Leslie include opere edite nominate per vari premi assieme a lavori inediti.
Una noche en el Cementerio
by Felipe CorvoCaio y Wandinha forman una pareja muy exótica. Ella, gótica, él, niño mimado. Sólo que ellos funcionan tan bien en el noviazgo que estas discrepancias — a veces tan abruptas — no marcan diferencia alguna en la relación. Es decir; eso hasta que llega el día de celebrar el cumpleaños número 15 de Wandinha. Basado en la serie 'Wednesday'.
Una ola de terror (Vampiratas #Volumen 2)
by Justin SomperLa segunda entrega de la serie Vampiratas: la increíble historia de dos hermanos separados por una tormenta. Muchas cosas has cambiado en la vida de los gemelos Connor y Grace Tempest. Separados por una cruel tormenta en alta mar, CONNOR encontró cobijo en el Diablo, un conocido barco pirata. Grace, en cambio, cayó en manos de vampiratas, extraños seres que viven de noche y se alimentan de sangre... Tres meses después, los dos hermanos están juntos en el Diablo, pero las cosas no parecen ir mucho mejor. CONNOR, convertido en pirata de pies a cabeza, vivirá una dolorosa experiencia... Grace, por su parte, añora los días vividos con los vampiratas y no puede dejar de pensar en corcan, el marinero que arriesgó su vida para salvarla. Busca consuelo en el anillo que él le dejó antes de separarse, pero, cada vez que lo toca, terribles visiones le atormentan: siente que Corcan está en peligro y que la necesita. Mientras, Sidorio, el vampirata expulsado y enviado al exilio, prepara una terrible venganza... LOS VAMPIRATASExpulsado del barco vampirata y enviado al exilio, Sidorio planea su venganza. Sus poderes aumentan y sus ambiciones también... A partir de ahora, él será su único dueño. LORCAN FUREY salvó a Grace de una muerte segura; ahora es él quien la necesita. ¿Acudirá a su llamada? LOS PIRATASPara MOLUCCO WRATHE, la única norma es que no hay normas... La piratería es instinto, es azar y lanzarse al peligro por el bien de un hermano. Nunca ha respetado las rutas marítimas y por ello es odiado incluso por sus propios compañeros. Pagará cara su rebeldía... CHENG LI es una pirata instruida; a diferencia de Wrathe, cree ciegamente en las normas. Por eso, es la persona ideal para espiar las actuaciones del capitán e informar cumplidamente a la Federación de Piratas...
Una promessa rispettata (Serie Scelta del cuore #3)
by Mary Calmes Cornelia GreySeguito di Legame di FiduciaSerie Scelta del cuore, Libro 3Jin Rayne si sta ancora abituando ai suoi terrificanti nuovi poteri di pantera nekhene e al suo ruolo di reah della tribù di Logan Church, quando viene a sapere che è stato convocato un sepat: una sfida d'onore. Logan, che non ha mai voluto far altro che guidare la sua piccola tribù, deve andare dall'altra parte del mondo, in Mongolia, e combattere per diventare il più potente leader di pantere mannare del mondo. Logan non sarà l'unico ad affrontare quel viaggio: essendo il suo compagno, Jin deve lottare al suo fianco per onorare il suo impegno verso Logan, la sua cultura e la sua tribù. Ma la prova è lunga e prevede che i due uomini restino separati a lungo: l'umanità di Logan è in gioco. Per superare il terribile sepat, Jin e Logan devono accettare il loro fato, fidarsi l'uno dell'altro, e rispettare le promesse che si sono fatti, costi quel che costi.
Una straordinaria morte improvvisa: Una storia di hockey e di vampiri
by Steve Vernon"Steve Vernon fa centro. "Una straordinaria morte improvvisa" tocca le note giuste. Un meraviglioso cast di personaggi, ottimi dialoghi e un autobus malvagio pieno di vampiri crudeli." - Famous Monsters of Filmland “Ciò che rende questa storia così bella sono i personaggi. Le venerabili vecchie scoregge di Hope’s End sono formidabili, pungenti, leggermente ubriache e fatte al 100% di cuore. ”- Serial Distractions "Con "Una straordinaria morte improvvisa", Vernon cattura perfettamente il cuore oscuro di un inverno canadese e la passione per la vita che circonda il gioco dell'hockey. Prende un gruppo di vecchi amici che non si sono mai tirati indietro da una sfida sul ghiaccio quando erano più giovani e ancora rifiutano di farlo anche se sono abbastanza vecchi da sapere bene come vanno le cose. Metti sulla pista alcuni personaggi memorabili, dialoghi davvero fantastici, un autobus carico di vampiri e una conclusione scioccante che non ti aspetti ed ecco una storia vincente". - Gord Rollo – autore horror canadese di VALLEY OF THE SCARECROW "Se Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson e Robert Bloch facessero sesso a tre in una vasca idromassaggio, e poi un team di scienziati entrasse e filtrasse l'acqua e mescolasse il DNA rimanente in una provetta, l'esperimento genetico risultante sarebbe molto probabilmente Steve Vernon.” – Bookgasm "L'intera storia è una serie di pagine accattivanti pensate per strapparti un sorriso se non per farti ridere ad alta voce - io so che l'ho fatto" - Through Her Ribcage "Una straordinaria morte improvvisa è veloce, frenetica e divertente" - Twilight Ridge "Una straordinaria morte improvvisa di Steve Vernon è un libro di hockey. Riguarda l'hockey, ed è come l'hockey. Velocità, caos, rumore, violenza, ghiaccio, sangue, denti ... il lavoro. È una lettura veloce e piena di azione. "- The Horror Fiction Review “SUna straordinaria morte improvvisa è divertent
Una vez más
by Marzia BosoniUn pueblo de la Alta Baviera a finales del siglo XVII. Una mujer solitaria, inteligente y dotada de conocimientos que parece casi mágica ante los ojos de la mayoría de la gente. Con la preparación de colgantes y cataplasmas, con el estudio de hierbas, piedras y estrellas, Marika tendrá que encontrar una forma de sobrevivir por sí misma en un mundo que la ve como una amenaza y a las mujeres como poco más que animales. La luz en los ojos de una niña, el asesinato de un padre de familia y la llegada al pueblo de un inquisidor, destruirán el delicado equilibrio que Marika había establecido con los demás habitantes y dejarán que la envidia y el rencor cultivados durante años maduren el fruto con el sabor más amargo: el odio.
Una vita da buttare
by Andrew LennonUn romanzo di violenza e horror A Dave non piaceva altro che starsene seduto a buttare via la sua vita. Finché una notte il suo mondo viene messo sottosopra, la sua vita fatta a pezzi e lui catapultato in una lotta contro un nemico sconosciuto, che non può assolutamente perdere. Con il tempo che scorre veloce e ogni probabilità contro. Riuscirà a fermare "la cosa" o è ormai troppo tardi?
Unbound (The Hollows)
by Kim Harrison Jeaniene Frost Melissa Marr Jocelynn Drake Vickie PetterssonDelve into paranormal realms of magic and danger in this anthology of five new stories from New York Times–bestselling authors.Revisiting the worlds they made famous in their wildly popular fiction, authors Kim Harrison, Jeaniene Frost, Vicki Pettersson, and Jocelynn Drake—plus YA author Melissa Marr with her first adult supernatural thriller—unleash their full arsenal of dark talents in Unbound. Each story in this all-new anthology plunged readers into the shadows where the strange forces stalk the unsuspecting . . . and every soul is a target.The pixy Jenks faces a murderous dryad in Kim Harrison’s “Lay Line Drifter”. In “Reckoning”, Jeaniene Frost’s master vampire is out to stop a ghoulish serial killer. “Dark Matters” by Vicki Pettersson explores a superhero’s illicit affair. Savannah’s vampiric Keeper must solve a perplexing murder in “The Dead, the Damned, and the Forgotten”. And in “Two Lines” a woman must contend with her deadly desires or risk a monstrous transformation.
Unbound: The overnight TikTok romantasy sensation for fans of Fourth Wing and Zodiac Academy! (Confluence Academy #1)
by Penelope Bloom'Elemental powers, deadly trials, found family, political tension and the most chaotic ancient water dragon . . . I'm obsessed' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Like Divergent, Harry Potter, Zodiac Academy and Maze Runner rolled into one. I literally cannot wait for the second book' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book deserves to go as viral as Fourth Wing! I loved it. The characters, the plot... the yearning!!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🔥 A delicious slow burn romance as dangerous as the magic? Check.🔥 A final line readers are saying will haunt you for weeks? Double check.🔥 An ending that will leave you desperate for book 2? Absolutely.Discover the overnight romantasy sensation. Welcome to Confluence Academy... ---Nineteen-year-old Nessa Thorne expects death when she volunteers for the Empire's selection. Instead, she's thrust into Confluence Academy, where students harness elemental magic and bond powerful beasts, from wolves to ancient dragons.Students are branded by affinity: water, air, earth, or fire. But Nessa's mark is different. A silver spiral - the mark of an unbound. It's a power so dangerous her kind were hunted to extinction centuries ago - or so the Empire claims.To survive, she must hide what she is in a castle where alliances are forged in blood and students kill each other freely for advantage. Nessa's greatest threat may be the only other volunteer, Raith Hollow, a powerful fire affinity with a scorching gaze that follows her every move and secrets that could topple kingdoms.Forbidden desires become impossible to ignore, enemies approach from beyond the castle walls, and something evil has found its way inside - stalking the midnight corridors, hiding in plain sight.Nessa must choose: embrace her terrible potential, or watch everything she's fought for burn.Because at Confluence Academy, students leave as weapons... or they don't leave at all.The story continues in Unveiled (Confluence Academy Book 2) - available to pre-order now!* PRE-ORDER THE NEW PAPERBACK EDITION - INCLUDING AN EXCLUSIVE, NEVER-SEEN-BEFORE BONUS CHAPTER FROM RAITH'S POV! * ---Readers are obsessed with Nessa, Raith & Typhon:'Imagine if Fourth Wing and Harry Potter had a book baby in THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE! The amount of action of banter, action, and smut between Nessa and Raith was perfect' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The world building, found family, magical animal companions and slow-burn love angst is sooo good! I cannot recommend this book enough!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book had me in a chokehold. Loved it all the way' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I haven't been this hooked on a book since Fourth Wing . . . and that freaking twist? Oh my gosh' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Fourth Wing and Zodiac Academy vibes! I absolutely ATE this up in two days! This was one of my top reads so far of 2025' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Unbreakable
by Kami Garcia2013 BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL.I never believed in ghosts.Until one tried to kill me.When Kennedy Waters finds her mother dead, she doesn't realize that paranormal forces are responsible--not until mysterious identical twins Jared and Lukas Lockhart break into her room and destroy a deadly spirit sent to kill her.Kennedy learns that her mother's death was no accident, and now she has to take her place in the Legion of the Black Dove--a secret society formed to protect the world from a vengeful demon. A society left in the hands of a misfit group of teens with unique skills: Jared, combat trained, with a temper to match; Lukas, rogue hacker and code breaker; Alara, whose attitude is as powerful as her voodoo protections; and Priest, an engineer capable of making a weapon out of a soda can.As the teens use their individual talents to battle paranormal entities, they earn their rightful places in the Legion--except for Kennedy, who is left wondering if she is truly one of them.Can she stay alive long enough to find out--without losing her heart in the process?Protect Yourself.What you can't see CAN hurt you.
Unbroken
by A. J. MatthewsKiera Davis, tormented by terrifying blackouts and dark visions, is plunged into a nightmare when, one by one, her friends and enemies begin dying and at each murder scene witnesses report seeing a woman who resembles her.
Unbroken: A Ruined Novel
by Paula MorrisWelcome back to New Orleans.Where the streets swirl with jazz and beauty.Where the houses breathe with ghosts.A year ago, Rebecca Brown escaped death in a New Orleans cemetery. Now she has returned to this haunting city. She is looking forward to seeing Anton Grey, the boy who may or may not have her heart.But she also meets a ghost: a troubled boy who insists only she can help him. Soon Rebecca finds herself embroiled in another murder mystery from more than a century ago. But as she tries to right wrongs, she finds more questions thananswers: Is she putting her friends, and herself, in danger? Can she trust this new ghost? And has she stumbled into something much bigger and more serious than she understands?
Unbury Carol: A Novel
by Josh Malerman“This one haunts you for reasons you can’t quite put your finger on. . . . [Josh Malerman] defies categories and comparisons with other writers.”—Kirkus ReviewsThe Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of Bird Box returns with a haunting tale of love, redemption, and murder.Carol Evers is a woman with a dark secret. She has died many times . . . but her many deaths are not final: They are comas, a waking slumber indistinguishable from death, each lasting days. Only two people know of Carol’s eerie condition. One is her husband, Dwight, who married Carol for her fortune, and—when she lapses into another coma—plots to seize it by proclaiming her dead and quickly burying her . . . alive. The other is her lost love, the infamous outlaw James Moxie. When word of Carol’s dreadful fate reaches him, Moxie rides the Trail again to save his beloved from an early, unnatural grave. And all the while, awake and aware, Carol fights to free herself from the crippling darkness that binds her—summoning her own fierce will to survive. As the players in this drama of life and death fight to decide her fate, Carol must in the end battle to save herself. The haunting story of a woman literally bringing herself back from the dead, Unbury Carol is a twisted take on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale that will stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page.Advance praise for Unbury Carol “Breathtaking and menacing . . . an intricately plotted, lyrical page-turner about love, betrayal, revenge, and the primal fear of being buried alive.”—Booklist (starred review) “Unbury Carol is a Poe story set in the weird West we all carry inside us, and it not only hits the ground running, it digs into that ground, too. About six wonderful feet.”—Stephen Graham Jones, author of Mongrels “Bleakly lyrical à la Cormac McCarthy and Flannery O’Connor.”—Library Journal (starred review) “With vivid prose and characters that leap off the page, guns a-blazing, Unbury Carol creates its own lingering legend, dragging you along like an obstinate horse toward a righteous storm of an ending.”—Delilah S. Dawson, New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Phasma
Uncanny
by David Macinnis GillA chilling stand-alone novel by the acclaimed David Macinnis Gill. This original and sinister spin on gothic tradition will appeal to fans of Asylum, American Horror Story: Coven, and The Walking Dead. When a bolt of lightning causes a Boston-wide blackout on her sixteenth birthday, Willow Jane doesn’t think anything of it—until she begins stopping time, until she comes face-to-face with her menacing familiar, until her sister disappears.But these aren’t the only strange and horrifying things to come out of the storm. An ancient witch named the Shadowless has awoken and escaped from her crypt, and she’s looking for revenge on Willow Jane’s family.From the critically acclaimed author of Black Hole Sun and Soul Enchilada, this eerie horror story lingers long after its bloody end, and is perfect for fans of Madeleine Roux, The Ghost Files, and anyone who likes things that go bump in the night.
Uncanny Perspectives in Literature and Culture: Texts, Images, Experiences
by Gabriele Biotti I. Vinitha Chandra Nacera HaouchineThis collection of essays aims to analyse the uncanny as a concept developed in the field of the arts, from a variety of perspectives axed in the literary field, in the media context, and in film studies, with references to contemporary thought. The book aims to provide readers with a methodological updating on this psychoanalytic concept, starting from its basic rethinking, under the light of the different cultural backgrounds of the authors whose essays are collected. The book’s specific focus is in the research on the many faces the uncanny took in different experiences, forms of writing, ideas of art, theories, discourses, and experiences in creation. This shows, still today, not only the concept’s richness in defining our contemporary cultural context, but also its plasticity and its identity of notion-hinge between eras, ideas of representation, and forms of writing of various types.
Uncanny Tales: Stories
by Robert SheckleyThe acclaimed author demonstrates his incredible versatility in this career-spanning story collection that ranges from sci-fi to supernatural horror. Known for science fiction that combined brilliant speculation with sharp satirical wit, Robert Scheckley was also capable of conjuring chills and inventing fantastical new worlds. Uncanny Tales presents sixteen of the beloved author&’s best stories spanning a range of genres from across his long career. Unforgettable early works are paired with some of his final pieces of fiction, each with a brief introduction by the author. The sixteen stories included are &“A Trick Worth Two of That,&” &“The Mind-Slaves of Manitori,&” &“Pandora&’s Box—Open with Care,&” &“The Dream of Misunderstanding,&” &“Magic, Maples, and Maryanne,&” &“The New Horla,&” &“The City of the Dead,&” &“The Quijote Robot,&” &“Emissary from a Green and Yellow World,&” &“The Universal Karmic Clearing House,&” &“Deep Blue Sleep,&” &“The Day the Aliens Came,&” &“Dukakis and the Aliens,&” &“Mirror Games,&” &“Sightseeing, 2179,&” and &“Agamemnon&’s Run.&”
Uncharmed
by Lucy Jane WoodA &“perfect&” witch must learn to embrace imperfection and live for herself in this spellbinding cozy fantasy sprinkled with love, laughter, and magic, from the author of Rewitched.Andromeda "Annie" Wildwood is the perfect witch. She is sugar, spice, and everything nice, each element of her life finely curated and polished to irresistibility by her nightly hex-laced potion routine. She loves to please and nothing makes her happier than when everyone else around her is completely happy.When Annie&’s coven tasks her with guiding an orphan teenage witch through the process of getting her blossoming magical powers under control, Annie is excited for the chance to please and to prove herself. But the ramshackle cabin they&’ll be housed in isn&’t quite the staycation of Annie&’s dreams—and she and Maeve, the headstrong teen, couldn&’t be more different.Just when they&’re starting to understand each other, the owner of the cabin unexpectedly returns—and this quietly gruff and handsome warlock is not pleased to find that the coven volunteered his house to a high-maintenance witch and her angsty teen companion.As this seemingly unlikely trio develop a loyalty and fondness for one another, Annie slowly learns that her people-pleasing may have led her down an impossible, lonely path. If everything about her is so right—why does it all feel so wrong?
Uncle Brucker the Rat Killer
by Leslie Peter WulffSixteen-year-old Walt thinks he’s left his problems behind him when he runs away from a broken home to live with his eccentric uncle. The simple, semi-rural, semi-anti-social lifestyle seems at first to be exactly what Walt wants, but he soon learns his new life isn’t just about ditching school and drinking beer with his friends. Uncle Brucker is a Rat Killer; a tireless rat tracker, an expert in rat lore, a speaker of the rat language, and a decorated veteran of two bloody uprisings. His uncle begins to train Walt in the ways of rat killing, and explains to his nephew the ancient and bloody history of men and rats. Before the rise of men, he says, rats ruled the earth. They’ve been hiding in another dimension ever since they were kicked out by humanity, planning to retake the planet. In the middle of Walt’s training, Uncle Brucker is called away by mysterious men from the government. When he fails to return from his mission, Walt discovers a portal to the rat dimension and realizes he must travel alone to Rat Land to save his uncle. Perhaps the most unusual dark fantasy debut of the year, Uncle Brucker the Rat Killer is a surreal exploration of honor, duty, and inter-dimensional genocide.
Uncle John's the Haunted Outhouse Bathroom Reader for Kids Only!: Science, History, Horror, Mystery, And ... Eerily Twisted Tales (For Kids Only)
by Bathroom Readers' InstituteA Book of the Year Award 2013 Finalist in the category of Juvenile Nonfiction (Children's)!What do you get when you cross a classic scary story such as "The Tell-tale Heart" with Uncle John's trademark sense of humor? You get "The Tell-tale Fart" (Pee-uw!). And that's just one of many twisted classic and original tales of humor and horror you'll find inside The Haunted Outhouse. You'll also find a spine-tingling collection of facts about topics such as real-life mad scientists, history's terrible tyrants, and the world's deadliest weather. Uncle John's scare-fest is packed with page after page of crafts, recipes, poems, jokes, tongue twisters, and experiments straight from Dr. Johnenstein's Laboratory. Graphic novel-style tales add plenty of illustrated pages to the mix. This haunted book of horrors could only come from the Bathroom Readers Institute, and it's "For Kids Only." ENTER IF YOU DARE!You'll find terrifying tales, including...- Revenge of the Meatloaf- The Legend of Peepee Hollow- The Creature from the Black Lagoon and the No Good, Very Bad Day- The Haunted OuthouseFrightening facts about...- The Curse of Amen-Ra- The Attack of the Cow Lady- Decay-causing Tooth Worms- The FBI's Body Farmand much more!!
Uncle Silas
by J. Sheridan Le FanuFamily secrets and sinister plots abound in this beautifully atmospheric Victorian gothic thriller from a celebrated Irish author. For Maud Ruthyn, life is lonely in a mansion with no family besides her melancholic father. But when Madame de la Rougierre is hired to be her governess, Maud finds herself in the clutches of a mysterious and malevolent woman. When her caregiver is eventually dismissed, Maud is relieved to have the woman out of her life. But it isn’t long before she encounters the madame again. With the passing of her father, Maud is sent to live with her Uncle Silas at Bartram-Haugh until she can inherit the family estate. Feeling increasingly trapped in her uncle’s home, Maud is shocked to learn that Madame de la Rougierre is at her uncle’s service. And when Madame is instructed to escort Maud to London, the young girl begins to see through the shadows of deceit: No one intends for her to leave Bartram-Haugh alive. J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s most famous novel, Uncle Silas is an eerie psychological thriller and has been translated into several languages as well as adapted for film. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Uncle Silas (Penguin Modern Classics)
by J. Le FanuOne of the most significant and intriguing Gothic novels of the Victorian period and is enjoyed today as a modern psychological thriller. In UNCLE SILAS (1864) Le Fanu brought up to date Mrs Radcliffe's earlier tales of virtue imprisoned and menacedby unscrupulous schemers. The narrator, 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. The novel established Le Fanu as a master of horror fiction.