Birthmark, the (1843) [Short Story]
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Summary
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A man of science is appalled by a birthmark in the shape of a small hand on his wife's cheek, which becomes for him a symbol of her mortality and earthly imperfection. He resolves to remove it by his arts, but the mark is more deeply ingrained in her than he imagined.
Original title: The Birth-mark
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ Fantasy→ Dark Fantasy
Fiction→ Horror→ Medical Horror & Evil Science
Fiction→ Fantasy→ Literary Fantasy
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Mosses from an Old Manse (1846) [Collection]
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Scarlet Letter and Other Writings, the (1988) [Collection]
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
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