RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER

In "Rappaccini's Daughter," Nathaniel Hawthorne weaves a haunting narrative that delves into the dualities of science and nature, love and danger, and morality and obsession. Set in an enchanting yet foreboding botanical garden in Padua, the novella follows Giovanni, a young scholar who becomes infatuated with Beatrice, a woman nurtured by her father, a botanist whose experiments have rendered her...