Elsie Venner

"Elsie Venner" is a novel written by Oliver Wendell Holmes. The story revolves around a young woman named Elsie Venner, who has a mysterious and potentially dangerous condition caused by the venom of a rattlesnake. Elsie's father was a respected physician, who experimented with the venom on pregnant women, and it is suggested that Elsie's condition is a result of this. Elsie is a complex character...