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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Laird Koenig
Rappaccini's Daughter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Christopher Nichols
Synopsis
Rappaccini's Daughter is a one-act study of romance, mystery and horror.
Giovanni, a university student, has rented a room overlooking Dr. Rappaccini's beautiful and mysterious garden.
To be found working in that garden is the doctor's equally beautiful and mysterious daughter, Beatrice.
Although warned that the two are suspected of creating botanical horrors, Giovanni falls in love with Beatrice, and she with him.
The outcome is romantic tragedy.
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Publisher Samuel French
Rappaccini's Daughter is a play written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by Samuel French .
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