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Rappaccini's Daughter

2 Ratings

3.5

Series

44 of 80

Duration
1H 26min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection Evil Roots. First published in 1844, ‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’ is one of the oldest short story examples of Botanical Gothic. The story is set in Padua and follows botanist Giacomo Rappaccini’s garden of poisonous plants. A student from the university of Padua falls for a maiden in the luscious garden, but he soon learns some troubling information about his beloved’s true nature…

© 2022 Isis Publishing Ltd (Audiobook): 9781399120883

Release date

Audiobook: February 1, 2022

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