BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN 

“A lot of sordidness
mattered now”
—Patricia Highsmith
The Talented Mr. Ripley
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She felt more like—
“Bride of Frankenstein”
to tell the truth

Elsa Lanchester—
stuck with a sordid
ugly monster lover
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Sent to college—
by Mommy Dearest
just to get rid of her

Exiled from Big Easy—
to boring Baton Rouge
black sheep of the family