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Jocelyn Alice Wildenstein [a] (née Jocelyne Périsset; 1940 or 7 September 1945 [b] – 31 December 2024) was a Swiss socialite [5] known for her extensive cosmetic surgery, which created a cat-like facial appearance; her 1999 high-profile divorce from billionaire art dealer and businessman Alec Wildenstein; [6] [7] and her extravagant lifestyle and subsequent bankruptcy filing.
Born in Italy, Elizabeth Lavenza was adopted by Victor's family.In the first edition (1818), she is the daughter of Victor's aunt and her Italian husband. After her mother's death, Elizabeth's father—intending to remarry—writes to Victor's father and asks if he and his wife would like to adopt the child and spare her being raised by a stepmother (as Mary Shelley had unhappily been).
The film Frankenstein Created Woman has Victor Frankenstein surviving the lab's destruction and making a female monster from the remains of a cowardly innkeeper's half-disfigured daughter Christina Kleve (portrayed by Susan Denberg) after she threw herself in the river following the death of Victor's ally Hans. He and Dr. Hertz transferred Hans ...
From "Poor Things" to "Lisa Frankenstein," what do today's revisions of Mary Shelley's immortal tale mean — especially when women are doing the reanimating?
In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, Victor Frankenstein is tempted by his monster's proposal to create a female creature so that the monster can have a wife: "'Shall each man,' cried he, 'find a wife for his bosom, and each beast have his mate, and I be alone?'" [1] The monster promises that if Victor grants his request, he and his mate will vanish into the wilderness of ...
Teri Garr has died at the age of 79. Garr acted widely in film and television, with over 140 credits. She was most famous for her comedic work in movies like 1974's Young Frankenstein and 1982's ...
Twice-told tale: Jasimine Boudin portrays Mary Shelley as both literary visionary and a young woman beset by tragedy in "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein," on stage through Nov. 24 at Merrimack ...
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously ...