Water Them Geraniums

By Henry Lawson

This short story portrays life in the Australian bush and revolves around the marriage of Joe and his wife, Mary. "Water Them Geraniums" also portrays the lack of communication within marriage. The story opens with Joe and his wife, driving to their new home in separate cars. This symbolizes the physical and emotional distance between the couple.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 8, 2020
• ISBN: 4064066441449

Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson was born in Grenfell, NSW, in 1867. At 14 he became totally deaf, an affliction which many have suggested rendered his world all the more vivid and subsequently enlivened his later writing. After a stint of coach painting, he edited a periodical, The Republican, and began writing verse and short stories. His first work of short fiction appeared in the Bulletin in 1888. He travelled and wrote short fiction and poetry throughout his life and published numerous collections of both even as his marriage collapsed and he descended into poverty and mental illness. He died in 1922, leaving his wife and two children.

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