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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140437460
ISBN-139780140437461
eBay Product ID (ePID)1826421
Product Key Features
Book TitleUncle Silas
Number of Pages528 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicPsychological, Classics, Gothic
GenreFiction
AuthorJoseph Sheridan Le Fanu
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-276573
Notes bySage, Victor
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Table Of ContentK.D. Brownell, C.G. Fairburn, Preface. Part I: Regulation of Eating and Weight. S.F. Leibowitz, Central Physiological Determinants of Eating Behavior and Body Weight. G.P. Smith, J. Gibbs, Peripheral Physiological Determinants of Eating and Body Weight. J.E. Blundell, The Psychobiological Approach to Appetite and Weight Control. C. Bouchard, Genetic Influences on Body Weight and Shape. A.L. Albright, J.S. Stern, Energy Intake and Body Weight. J.S. Garrow, Effects of Energy Imbalance on Energy Stores and Body Weight. J.H. Wilmore, Body Composition. R.E. Keesey, A Set-Points Model of Body Weight and Weight Gain. K.D. Brownwell, Effects of Weight Cycling on Metabolism, Health, and Psychological Factors. R.C. Klesges, Cigarette Smoking and Body Weight. R. Andres, Body Weight and Age. Part II: Dieting and Body Image. J. Sobal, Social Influences on Body Weight. D.E. Wifley, J. Rodin, Cultural Influences on Eating Disorders. J. Polivy, C.P. Herman, Dieting and Its Relation to Eating Disorders. G.T. Wilson, The Controversy Over Dieting. Part III: Measurement. T.G. Lohman, Measurement of wwdy Energy Stores. S.T. St Jeor, Measurement of Food Intake. E.T. Pehlman, E.S. Horton, Measurement of Energy Expenditure. S.N. Blair, Measurement of Physical Activity. D.M. Garner, Measurement of Eating Disorder Psychopathology. Part IV. Classification, Clinical Characteristics, and History of Eating Disorders. P.E. Garfinkel, Classification and Diagnosis of Eating Disorders. C.G. Fairburn, B.T. Walsh, Atypical Eating Disorders. J.A. Silverman, History of Anorexia. B. Parry Jones, W.L. Parry-Jones, The History of Bulimia and Bulimia Nervosa. P.J.V, Beumont, The Clinical Presentation of Anorexia and Bulima Nervosa. P.J. Cooper, Eating Disroders and Their Relation to Mood and Anxiety. G.T. Wilson, Eating Disorders and Addictive Disorders. S.A. Wonderlich, Personality and Eating Disorders. A.E. Andersen, Eating Disorders in Males. R. Bryant-Waugh, B. Lask, Childhood-Onset Eating Disorders. A. Stein, Eating Disorders and Childrearing. K.D. Brownell, Eating Disorders in Athletes. Part V: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Course of Eating Disorders. Z. Cooper, The Development and Maintenance of Eating Disorders. H.W. Hoek, The Distribution of Eating Disorders. M. Strober, Family-Genetic Perspectives on Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. W. Vandereycken, The Families of Patients With and Eating Disorder. R.H. Striegel-Moore, A Feminist Perspective on the Etiology of Eating Disorders. R.L. Palmer, Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders. H.C. Steinhausen, The Course and Outcome of Anorexia Nervosa. L.K.G. Hsu, Outcome of Bulimia Nervosa. Part VI: Physiological and Medical Aspects of Eating Disorders. K.A. Halmi, Hunger and Satiety in Clinical Eating Disorders. C.G. Fairburn, The Physiology of Anorexia. W.H. Kaye, Neurotransmitters and Anorexia Nervosa. K.M. Pirke, The Physiology of Bulimia Nervosa. D.S. Goldbloom, S.H. Kennedy, Medical Complications of Anorexia Nervosa. J.E. Mitchell, Medical Complications of Bulimia Nervosa. R.C. Peveler, Eating Disorders and Diabetes. S.F. Abraham, D. Llewellyn-Jones, Sexual and Reproductive Function in Eating Disorders a
SynopsisSheridan Le Fanu's most celebrated novel In Uncle Silas , Maud Ruthyn, the young, na ve heroine, is plagued by Madame de la Rougierre from the moment the enigmatic older woman is hired as her governess. A liar, bully, and spy, when Madame leaves the house, she takes her dark secret with her. But when Maud is orphaned, she is sent to live with her Uncle Silas, her father's mysterious brother and a man with a scandalous-even murderous-past. And, once again, she encounters Madame, whose sinister role in Maud's destiny becomes all too clear. With its subversion of reality and illusion, and its exploration of fear through the use of mystery and the supernatural, Uncle Silas shuns the conventions of traditional horror and delivers a chilling psychological thriller. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., 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., Sheridan Le Fanu's most celebrated novel In Uncle Silas , Maud Ruthyn, the young, naïve heroine, is plagued by Madame de la Rougierre from the moment the enigmatic older woman is hired as her governess. A liar, bully, and spy, when Madame leaves the house, she takes her dark secret with her. But when Maud is orphaned, she is sent to live with her Uncle Silas, her father's mysterious brother and a man with a scandalous-even murderous-past. And, once again, she encounters Madame, whose sinister role in Maud's destiny becomes all too clear. With its subversion of reality and illusion, and its exploration of fear through the use of mystery and the supernatural, Uncle Silas shuns the conventions of traditional horror and delivers a chilling psychological thriller. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
LC Classification NumberPR4879.L7U5 2000
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- 05 Dec, 2019
Uncle Silas: chilling Victorian horror
This a wonderful book, early example of psychological horror story by Victorian author Sheridan Le Fanu. Compelling style and content. Edition is in perfect condition.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
