#eBook The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Birth-Mark" is a short story by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The tale examines obsession with human perfection.
Aylmer is a brilliant and recognized scientist and philosopher who drops his focus from his career and experiments to marry the beautiful Georgiana, who is physically perfect except for a small red birthmark in the shape of a hand on her cheek.
"I might wish to put off this birthmark of mortality by relinquishing mortality itself in preference to any other mode."
Nathaniel Hawthorne, (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 and died May 19, 1864, was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
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First published March 1843
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