Rappaccini's Daughter is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It tells the story of a young man named Giovanni Guasconti who moves to Padua, Italy to study at the university. He becomes fascinated by a beautiful young woman named Beatrice, who lives in a garden filled with poisonous plants.
Beatrice is the daughter of Dr. Rappaccini, a scientist who has been experimenting with the plants to create a potion of immortality. Giovanni falls in love with Beatrice, but soon discovers that she has been tainted by her father's experiments and is herself poisonous to the touch.
As Giovanni's love for Beatrice grows, he becomes more and more entangled in the dark world of Dr. Rappaccini's experiments. In the end, Giovanni and Beatrice's love proves to be both tragic and destructive, as they are both consumed by the poison that surrounds them.