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Read ç PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook º Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne º 4 Read & Download Rappaccini's Daughter Read & Download ½ 104 This scarce antiuarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original Due to its age it may contain imperfections such as marks notations. What a classic gothic gem Giovanni studies in Padua and meets Beatrice the beautiful daughter of Dr Rappaccini an obsessed scientist with a fatal love for science Every day they meet in the doctor s garden But it is a very special garden an Eden of poisenous flowers Beatrice seems to be immune against the poisenous flowers surrounding her Giovanni on the other hand already feels the impact of the fatal flowers on himself Is there a cure against the deadly threat Prof Baglioni a competitor of the critically seen Rappaccini gives Giovanni an antidote Collin s vase Will it lead to a happy ending Beatrice is a femme fatale in the truest sense of the word I absolutely loved the storytelling the allusion to the Garden of Eden the dualism of science vs nature the frame story It s a compelling classic you shouldn t miss Absolutely recommended

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Read ç PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook º Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne º 4 Read & Download Rappaccini's Daughter Read & Download ½ 104 Marginalia and flawed pages Because we believe this work is culturally important we have made it available as part of our commitment fo. First published in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844 Rappaccini s Daughter is not only one of Hawthorne s most characteristic stories but also one of his best Its eponymous heroine is a beautiful and innocent young girl who is also uite literally poison and thus it embodies the Hawthorneian themes of flawed beauty the inextricable bond between good and evil and the naive and vicious hubris of the human intellect which presumes to separate the twoHawthorne had discovered an ancient tale in some old author it can be found both in Robert Burton and in Thomas Browne of a beautiful woman sent to Alexander the Great by an Indian prince a woman weaponized by being nourished with poisons from her birth upward until her whole nature was so imbued with them that she herself had become the deadliest poison in existence Hawthorne in his genius created a situation both poignant and morally repulsive The godling who creates this creature is Rappaccinia scientist specializing in poisons and the woman he transforms is his own daughter Beatrice as baleful as she is beautiful Then Hawthorne places his Eve in a corrupt paradise an enclosed garden full of beautiful and aromatic plants each as deadly as the young girl who looks after themHawthorne unlike most other allegorists is subtle and shifting in his use of imagery All the men of the story her monomaniacal father his envious rival Baglioni even her lover Giovanni are compromised by evil The only real innocent in the story is the lethal young lady herself I would fain have been loved not feared murmured Beatrice sinking down upon the ground But now it matters not I am going father where the evil which thou hast striven to mingle with my being will pass away like a dream like the fragrance of these poisonous flowers which will no longer taint my breath among the flowers of Eden Farewell Giovanni Thy words of hatred are like lead within my heart but they too will fall away as I ascend Oh was there not from the first poison in thy nature than in mine