Uncle Silas
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UNCLE SILAS
A Tale of Bartram-Haugh
By
J. S. LeFanu
1899
TO
THE RIGHT HON.
THE COUNTESS OF GIFFORD,
AS A TOKEN OF
RESPECT, SYMPATHY, AND ADMIRATION
This Tale
IS INSCRIBED BY
THE AUTHOR
Contents
[edit]- A Preliminary Word
- Chapter I: AUSTIN RUTHYN, OF KNOWL, AND HIS DAUGHTER
- Chapter II: UNCLE SILAS
- Chapter III: A NEW FACE
- Chapter IV: MADAME DE LA ROUGIERRE
- Chapter V: SIGHTS AND NOISES
- Chapter VI: A WALK IN THE WOOD
- Chapter VII: CHURCH SCARSDALE
- Chapter VIII: THE SMOKER
- Chapter IX: MONICA KNOLLYS
- Chapter X: LADY KNOLLYS REMOVES A COVERLET
- Chapter XI: LADY KNOLLYS SEES THE FEATURES
- Chapter XII: A CURIOUS CONVERSATION
- Chapter XIII: BEFORE AND AFTER BREAKFAST
- Chapter XIV: ANGRY WORDS
- Chapter XV: A WARNING
- Chapter XVI: DOCTOR BRYERLY LOOKS IN
- Chapter XVII: AN ADVENTURE
- Chapter XVIII: A MIDNIGHT VISITOR
- Chapter XIX: AU REVOIR
- Chapter XX: AUSTIN RUTHYN SETS OUT ON HIS JOURNEY
- Chapter XXI: ARRIVALS
- Chapter XXII: SOMEBODY IN THE ROOM WITH THE COFFIN
- Chapter XXIII: I TALK WITH DOCTOR BRYERLY
- Chapter XXIV: THE OPENING OF THE WILL
- Chapter XXV: I HEAR FROM UNCLE SILAS
- Chapter XXVI: THE STORY OF UNCLE SILAS
- Chapter XXVII: MORE ABOUT TOM CHARKE'S SUICIDE
- Chapter XXVIII: I AM PERSUADED
- Chapter XXIX: HOW THE AMBASSADOR FARED
- Chapter XXX: ON THE ROAD
- Chapter XXXI: BARTRAM-HAUGH
- Chapter XXXII: UNCLE SILAS
- Chapter XXXIII: THE WINDMILL WOOD
- Chapter XXXIV: ZAMIEL
- Chapter XXXV: WE VISIT A ROOM IN THE SECOND STOREY
- Chapter XXXVI: AN ARRIVAL AT DEAD OF NIGHT
- Chapter XXXVII: DOCTOR BRYERLY EMERGES
- Chapter XXXVIII: A MIDNIGHT DEPARTURE
- Chapter XXXIX: COUSIN MONICA AND UNCLE SILAS MEET
- Chapter XL: IN WHICH I MAKE ANOTHER COUSIN'S ACQUAINTANCE
- Chapter XLI: MY COUSIN DUDLEY
- Chapter XLII: ELVERSTON AND ITS PEOPLE
- Chapter XLIII: NEWS AT BARTRAM GATE
- Chapter XLIV: A FRIEND ARISES
- Chapter XLV: A CHAPTER-FULL OF LOVERS
- Chapter XLVI: THE RIVALS
- Chapter XLVII: DOCTOR BRYERLY REAPPEARS
- Chapter XLVIII: QUESTION AND ANSWER
- Chapter XLIX: AN APPARITION
- Chapter L: MILLY'S FAREWELL
- Chapter LI: SARAH MATILDA COMES TO LIGHT
- Chapter LII: THE PICTURE OF A WOLF
- Chapter LIII: AN ODD PROPOSAL
- Chapter LIV: IN SEARCH OF MR. CHARKE'S SKELETON
- Chapter LV: THE FOOT OF HERCULES
- Chapter LVI: I CONSPIRE
- Chapter LVII: THE LETTER
- Chapter LVIII: LADY KNOLLYS' CARRIAGE
- Chapter LIX: A SUDDEN DEPARTURE
- Chapter LX: THE JOURNEY
- Chapter LXI: OUR BED-CHAMBER
- Chapter LXII: A WELL-KNOWN FACE LOOKS IN
- Chapter LXIII: SPICED CLARET
- Chapter LXIV: THE HOUR OF DEATH
- Chapter LXV: IN THE OAK PARLOUR
- Conclusion
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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