Rappaccini's Daughter

Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Narrated by Sally Mays

"Rappaccini's Daughter" is a Gothic short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne first published in the December 1844. It is about Giacomo Rappaccini, a medical researcher in Padua, Italy, who grows a garden of poisonous plants. He brings up his daughter to tend the plants, and she becomes resistant to the poisons, but in the process she herself becomes poisonous to others.

Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 - May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer, much of whose writing centered around New England, focusing on history, morality, and religion. His fiction is considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Listen & Live Audio
• Release date: Oct 2, 2023
• ISBN: 9798886422467

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born is Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. His father died when he was four years old. His first novel, Fanshawe, was published anonymously at his own expense in 1828. He later disowned the novel and burned the remaining copies. For the next twenty years he made his living as a writer of tales and children's stories. He assured his reputation with the publication of The Scarlet Letter in 1850 and The House of the Seven Gables the following year. In 1853 he was appointed consul in Liverpool, England, where he lived for four years. He died in 1864.