is a Victorian Gothic mystery novel first published in 1864 (an 1899 edition is presented here). It features the earliest examples of a locked room mystery subgenre. The novel is based on "A Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess" (1839) which itself was later published as
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