Subtitle: The Fantastic True Story of a Housewife who was Three Women in One Body…Told by the Two Doctors Who Helped Her Find Her Real Self
Author: Corbett H. Thigpen, M.D. and Hervey M. Cleckley, M.D.
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
City: New York
Year: 1957
Pages: 309
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THE 3 FACES OF EVE
Corbett H. Thigpen, M.D.
Hervy M. Cleckley, M.D.
Corbett H. Thigpen, M.D.
Hervy M. Cleckley, M.D.
Eve White was extremely timid and shy when she first walked into the office of Dr. Corbett H. Thigpen, staff psychiatrist at the University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. She was obviously troubled, but the first interview gave no hint of the fantastic and incredible course this patient’s history would take, much less that she would reveal herself as one of the most remarkable cases of multiple personality in modern medical history.
The case of Eve White was thoroughly covered in medical journals, and a rash of sensational magazine and newspaper stories was the result. But here for the first time is the complete and authentic account of this extraordinary case, written by the two doctors who handled it from the beginning.
Eve White, when she came for her initial interview, was a woman in her mid-twenties, married and with a small child who was her main interest in life. She was reserved, proper, quietly attractive, and suffered from agonizing headaches and blackouts. Dr. Thigpen’s observation at this time was that Eve White perceived “the world” in an essentially normal fashion, was well socialized, but had an unsatisfactory attitude toward herself. Several visits later, in the course of an interview, with dramatic and astonishing suddenness, Even White disappeared. In place of the shy, proper, reserved housewife was a provocative, saucy, and flirtation girl who announced herself as Eve Black. She denied being married to Ralph White, nor would she claim her daughter. In the newcomer sparkled a childish, daredevil air, an erotically mischievous glance, a rippling energy, a greedy appetite for fun. The change was sudden, immediate, and complete, and Dr. Cleckley and Dr. Thigpen found themselves face to face with a case of multiple personality almost without parallel.
The Three Faces of Eve is their account of this strange and remarkable course this case took – of the two distinct personalities of Eve White and Eve Black warring against each other. Suddenly, out of the conflict emerged a third personality, calling herself Jane. Jane impressed the doctors as being far more mature, more vivid, more boldly capable for accomplishment and fulfillment far behind that of the sweet and retiring Eve White. Within this third personality seemed the bright light of hope.
As the story unfolds it generates the excitement of a suspense novel and the fascination of a case study – the honest bewilderment of Eve White’s husband, confronted by two different characters in one body; the puzzled nurses and internes at the hospital when confronted with the transformation; the wonder and astonishment of the authors, both of them hardheaded clinical observers, as the case unfolds before them. It all goes to make The Three Faces of Eve a remarkable and unforgettable reading experience.
The Authors are in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Georgia and are also on staff of University Hospital in Augusta. Dr. Cleckley is the author of The Mask of Insanity, a study of psychopathic personality.
The case of Eve White was thoroughly covered in medical journals, and a rash of sensational magazine and newspaper stories was the result. But here for the first time is the complete and authentic account of this extraordinary case, written by the two doctors who handled it from the beginning.
Eve White, when she came for her initial interview, was a woman in her mid-twenties, married and with a small child who was her main interest in life. She was reserved, proper, quietly attractive, and suffered from agonizing headaches and blackouts. Dr. Thigpen’s observation at this time was that Eve White perceived “the world” in an essentially normal fashion, was well socialized, but had an unsatisfactory attitude toward herself. Several visits later, in the course of an interview, with dramatic and astonishing suddenness, Even White disappeared. In place of the shy, proper, reserved housewife was a provocative, saucy, and flirtation girl who announced herself as Eve Black. She denied being married to Ralph White, nor would she claim her daughter. In the newcomer sparkled a childish, daredevil air, an erotically mischievous glance, a rippling energy, a greedy appetite for fun. The change was sudden, immediate, and complete, and Dr. Cleckley and Dr. Thigpen found themselves face to face with a case of multiple personality almost without parallel.
The Three Faces of Eve is their account of this strange and remarkable course this case took – of the two distinct personalities of Eve White and Eve Black warring against each other. Suddenly, out of the conflict emerged a third personality, calling herself Jane. Jane impressed the doctors as being far more mature, more vivid, more boldly capable for accomplishment and fulfillment far behind that of the sweet and retiring Eve White. Within this third personality seemed the bright light of hope.
As the story unfolds it generates the excitement of a suspense novel and the fascination of a case study – the honest bewilderment of Eve White’s husband, confronted by two different characters in one body; the puzzled nurses and internes at the hospital when confronted with the transformation; the wonder and astonishment of the authors, both of them hardheaded clinical observers, as the case unfolds before them. It all goes to make The Three Faces of Eve a remarkable and unforgettable reading experience.
The Authors are in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Georgia and are also on staff of University Hospital in Augusta. Dr. Cleckley is the author of The Mask of Insanity, a study of psychopathic personality.
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“Jane’s description of her nightmares, in which her limbs seemed to turn into reptiles. Hours elapsed after she awoke before she could convince herself that her hands and feet were not snakes.”
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“Many laymen are inclined to believe that most claims of amnesia are simply pretense or fraud by which the claimant hopes to evade responsibility for some objectionable or antisocial act. When our newspapers carry an account of some man who has been missing for a week and, returning, tells his wife he has no memory of what occurred, the reader will often grin and wonder to himself if it were a blond or a brunette with whom this husband slipped off.”
The Three Faces of Eve IMDB – A film adaptation of the book was released in 1957, starring Joanne Woodward, David Wayne and Lee J. Cobb. In 1958, Joanne Woodward won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress – Drama, and an NBR Award for Best Actress; she was also nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actress for her portrayal in the film.
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The Three Faces of Eve IMDB – A film adaptation of the book was released in 1957, starring Joanne Woodward, David Wayne and Lee J. Cobb. In 1958, Joanne Woodward won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress – Drama, and an NBR Award for Best Actress; she was also nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actress for her portrayal in the film.
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