It's the most glorious flower garden the world has ever known, but when a young student

falls in love with the mysterious Eve who tends the garden, he learns that this paradise

is anything but a garden of Eden.

The Thanuel Hawthorne, today on the Classic Tales Podcast.

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Today we continue the Gothic vein with a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Most of us are familiar with the Scarlet Letter, but Hawthorne really shines in the medium

of the short story, and this story is an excellent example.

Gothic elements abound, Beatrice's socially and physically isolated from the rest of

the world, there is a supernatural and scientific element to the garden, the romance of the

two lovers, and the Faustian diabolical figure of Dr. Rappuccini.

All in all, it's a solid piece of literature, if you can overlook the green narrator.

And now, Rappuccini's daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

A young man, named Giovanni Guasconti, came very long ago from the more southern region

of Italy to pursue his studies at the University of Padua.

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