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A review by blearywitch
Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
5.0
Lovers of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë rejoice. There is something sinister, some macabre, and something mad to be found in Le Fanu's Uncle Silas that I have not found before in my search for the similar atmosphere surrounding Wuthering Heights. There is nail biting suspense, brow wrinkling crazy, heartbeat arresting moments, eyes widening horror within these pages.
"- and as people like to be thanked, I sometimes wonder that we continued to throw our bread upon these ungrateful waters." - isn't that the god honest truth one has to admit? Anyone who says they didn't do something nice to be thanked is telling a small little lie. That's why almost nobody does anything charitable in absolute secrecy, and although I do charity quietly I like pointing out to my husband something I think he wouldn't notice so that he would thank me. I am merely a woman. I try to remember that God said the best charity is the one done in silence.
Maud said of Uncle Silas - "The devil approached the citadel of his heart by stealth, with many zigzags and parallels." And that's how we humans are ruined.
"- and as people like to be thanked, I sometimes wonder that we continued to throw our bread upon these ungrateful waters." - isn't that the god honest truth one has to admit? Anyone who says they didn't do something nice to be thanked is telling a small little lie. That's why almost nobody does anything charitable in absolute secrecy, and although I do charity quietly I like pointing out to my husband something I think he wouldn't notice so that he would thank me. I am merely a woman. I try to remember that God said the best charity is the one done in silence.
Maud said of Uncle Silas - "The devil approached the citadel of his heart by stealth, with many zigzags and parallels." And that's how we humans are ruined.