It’s a longstanding literary irony that the creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ended up being referred to by the name of his creator: Frankenstein is, of course, the mad doctor, not the lumbering result of his attempts to play god. Some of this is due to the fact that Shelley never names Victor Frankenstein’s creature, which […]
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¿
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Rappaccini's Daughter
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¿
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940178827246 |
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Publisher: | Isis Publishing Ltd |
Publication date: | 02/01/2022 |
Series: | British Library Tales of the Weird |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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