This work first appeared in Mosses from an Old Manse and features the title character Beatrice, who is beautiful but harmful to any being she comes into contact with because she has been raised among poisonous plants.
One of the characters in this story watches a small orange reptile contort itself violently before dying, causing him to ask, "What is this being?—beautiful, shall I call her?—or inexpressibly terrible?" That character, who has some short conversations with Lisabetta (lee-suh-BET-ta) and receives advice from Professor Baglioni (bayh-lee-OE-nee), is a University of Padua student named Giovanni Guasconti. This work first appeared in Mosses from an Old Manse and features the title character Beatrice, who is beautiful but harmful to any being she comes into contact with because she has been raised among poisonous plants. Name this story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
One of the characters in this story watches a small orange reptile contort itself violently before dying, causing him to ask, "What is this being?—
“{Rappaccini's Daughter}”