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ThousandthIsle
08-17-2007, 01:35 PM
I'm trying to remember the title and author of a short story I read in high school... I think back to it often, and I remember liking it a lot, but I can't remember any specific details.

It is about a young man who either visits or stays with a single father (a doctor, I believe) and his daughter, who the protagonist is in love with. The father has a large, beautiful, exotic garden... I think it is enclosed by a brick courtyard. The ending was open-ended and kind of sinister, I think... There was some connection between the daughter and the garden.

chalfonte
08-17-2007, 03:01 PM
Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter"?

ThousandthIsle
08-17-2007, 04:23 PM
Yes, that's it!! Thanks a million chalfonte!

chalfonte
08-17-2007, 04:35 PM
No problem!