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The Wyckoff House, or Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House, is a historic house at 5816 Clarendon Road in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, within Milton Fidler Park. It is situated on land that New Netherland director general Wouter van Twiller purchased from the Lenape natives in approximately 1636. [ 5 ]
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 ...
The merchant Archibald Gracie, at the time one of New York City's richest men, [24] bought Walton's land in two phases in December 1798 and January 1799. [ 25 ] [ 20 ] At the time, the Gracies' city residence was a house that they rented from New York City mayor Richard Varick .
Kate Annette Wetherill Estate is a national historic district located at Head of the Harbor in Suffolk County, New York.The district encompasses an estate with three contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and two contributing structures.
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The great Gothic wave, which stretches from 1764 with Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto to around 1818-1820, features ghosts, castles and terrifying characters; Satanism and the supernatural are favorite subjects; for instance, Ann Radcliffe presents sensitive, persecuted young girls who evolve in a frightening universe where secret doors open onto visions of horror, themes even more ...
Captain Robert Walton sets out to explore the North Pole and expand his scientific knowledge in hopes of achieving fame. While icebound, the crew spots two dog sleds, one chasing the other. A few hours later, the crew rescues one of the sled drivers, Victor Frankenstein, who is deathly ill. As he recovers, Victor tells Walton his life's story.
The House of Frankenstein: 1945: House of Dracula: 1948: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein: Gary Conway: 1957: I Was a Teenage Frankenstein: Christopher Lee: The Curse of Frankenstein: Gary Conway: 1958: How to Make a Monster: Michael Gwynn: The Revenge of Frankenstein: Mike Lane: Frankenstein 1970: Harry Wilson: Frankenstein's Daughter ...