Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh

Uncle Silas (1864), a macabre mystery novel and classic of gothic horror. It is a much extended adaptation of his earlier short story ''Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess'', with the setting changed from Ireland to England. A film version under the same name was made by Gainsborough Studios in 1947, and a remake entitled The Dark Angel, starring Peter O''Toole as the title character, was made in 1987.