description: Part fairy tale, part Gothic horror story, "Rappaccini’s Daughter" is an inspired tale of creation and control. Giovanni Guasconti, a student at the University of Padua, is enchanted to discover a nearby garden of the most exquisite beauty. In it abides a young woman, perhaps the most beautiful Giovanni has ever seen; yet as he looks out from an upstairs window, he soon learns that the garden--and the matchless Beatrice--are not the work of Mother Nature but rather the result of a monstrous abomination of creativity.
language: English
title: Rappaccini's Daughter And Other Stories
titlecomplete: Rappaccini's Daughter And Other Stories
characters: Giovanni Guasconti
genres: Literature, Science Fiction, Classics, Gothic, 19th Century, Horror, Fiction, Short Stories, Fantasy, Romance
ratings_count: 6820
publisher: Dercum Pr Audio