Mary Shelley
Richard Rothwell s portrait of Mary Shelley Mary Shelley published Frankenstein on January 1, 1818 following a summer spent with Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, John William Polidori and Mary’s stepsister Claire Clairmont near Geneva. Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, grew from a short story into a novel, and was initially published without an author’s name. Shelley s success however, was short-lived as tragedy struck her family. Following Percy Bysshe s death in 1822, Mary returned to England with their son Percy. In 1849, Sir Percy Florence Shelley bought Boscombe Cottage, which had been built in 1801, and he intended to turn it into a home for his mother, but Mary died from a brain tumour in 1851.
100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time
By Jacob Osborn, Stacker News
On 4/11/21 at 8:00 AM EDT
Like most movie genres, science fiction goes back almost as far as the medium itself, all the way to 1902 to be exact. That was when Georges Méliès an innovative genius of many talents unleashed his 14-minute masterwork: Le voyage dans la lune, better known to American audiences as A Trip to the Moon. Inspired by the written works of Jules Verne, among other things, and laced with satirical jabs toward the scientific community, the surrealist short follows a group of astronomers as they embark on a trip to the moon. While not scientifically accurate by any means the astronomers do travel by way of cannon shot, after all the film did kick off a cinematic trend of depicting hypothetical ideas in anticipation of future realities.
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Schooner Casco at sea â Robert Louis Stevenson in the foreground
“On the 16th of April, 1888, Stevenson and party left Saranac Lake. After spending a fortnight in New York, where, as always in cities, his health quickly flagged again, he went for the month of May into seaside quarters at Union House, Manasquan, on the New Jersey coast, for the sake of fresh air and boating. Here he enjoyed the occasional society of some of his New York friends, including Mr. St. Gaudens and Mr. W.H. Low and was initiated in the congenial craft of cat-boat sailing. In the meantime, Mrs. Stevenson had gone to San Francisco to see her relatives, and holding that the climate of the Pacific was likely to be better for the projected cruise than that of the Atlantic had inquired there whether a yacht was to be hired for such a purpose. The schooner Casco, Captain Otis, was found; Stevenson signified by telegraph his assent to the arrangement; determined
Antoinette in the Cevennes is irresistible comedy
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To attempt a long walk in the rugged Cevennes region of southern France at any time requires strength of purpose, experience, a level head. The heroine of Caroline Vignal’s disarming comedy has none of these.
Laure Calamy stars in Antoinette in the Cévennes.
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Antoinette (Laure Calamy), a Parisian junior school teacher in her 40s, is just following her heart, hoping to cross paths with the father of one of her pupils. She is giddily in love with the wrong man, but judgment is not her strong suit. Writer/director Caroline Vignal establishes this in the first scene, an end-of-term concert where she dresses in a spangly frock and sings over the top of her kids as if she’s on a talent show. Calamy makes us love her character here, tying her innocence to the level of her students. Antoinette has a be
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It’s 55 years since legendary Dundee wrestler George Kidd was awarded the city’s “First Citizen” title. Former Aberdeen wrestler and fellow grappler Len Ironside is calling for a bronze statue to be erected as a tribute to the hero of the squared circle. Gayle Ritchie takes up the story.