This author wrote a story in which a farmer and his wife seal up a cave where their children discover an embalmed corpse,and the title character of that story dies of heart failure after refusing a cup of mineral water from Mary Golfe. In another story, a character with a greenish skin resembling a serpent repeatedly shouts
This author wrote a story in which a farmer and his wife seal up a cave where their children discover an embalmed corpse,and the title character of that story dies of heart failure after refusing a cup of mineral water from Mary Golfe. In another story, a character with a greenish skin resembling a serpent repeatedly shouts "It gnaws me!" before he is cured by his wife Rosina. This author described Richard Digby in "The Man of Adamant" and wrote another work about sculptor George Herkimer visiting Roderick Elliston who claims to have a snake living in his bosom. This author wrote a story in which Robin encounters a man with a painted face at the head of a tarring-and-feathering mob. This author of "Egotism" wrote a story with an anecdote about a beautiful woman sent to Alexander the Great as a gift, which ends with Professor Baglioni berating a scientist for making Beatrice poisonous. For 10 points, name this author of the stories "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" and "Rappaccini's Daughter."
This author wrote a story in which a farmer and his wife seal up a cave where their children discover an embalmed corpse,and the title character of that story dies of heart failure after refusing a cup of mineral water from Mary Golfe.
Nathaniel Hawthorne