How long does it take to read Uncle Silas?
a tale of Bartram-Haugh
Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu takes about 8 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 48 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1864. 480 pages, about 132,000 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 214 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
One 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.
Subjects: Uncles, Orphans, Fiction, Governesses, Murderers, Fiction, thrillers
