Obsession With Perfection | "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

What if the one you loved only saw your flaws? In tonight’s story, we descend into the unnerving world of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "The Birthmark"—a gothic tale of love, obsession, and the fatal pursuit of perfection. When a brilliant scientist becomes fixated on removing a small mark from his wife’s cheek, he believes he’s offering her purity. What he’s really doing… is sealing her fate. Download the Companion for “The Birth-Mark” here → https://fromdre.com/p/the-birth-mark-... 📺 Watch more episodes:    / @themidnighthourchannel   🖤 Support the channel on Patreon:   / themidnighthourchannel   📬 Subscribe to the Substack: https://fromdre.com 🌙 Instagram:   / from.dre   💌 Contact: [email protected] #shortstory #shortstorytok #booktok #literarytiktok #themidnighthour