Mercury

by D. H. Lawrence

Overview

Lawrence uses the story of a storm and the deaths it causes to revive the feelings for (if not an actual belief in) the old gods, in this case Mercury whose shrine is ignored by the tourists but who takes his revenge.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150578067
Publisher:	Blackthorn Press
Publication date:	10/15/2014
Series:	The Short Stories of D H Lawrence , #54
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	23 KB

About the Author

David Herbert Lawrence was born in Nottinghamshire in 1885 and died in Vence, France, in 1930. He was the son of a coal-miner and a mother from a family with middle-class aspirations. He was a poet, novelist, travel writer, playwright, art critic as well as being one of the most consummate short story writers of the twentieth century.

Date of Birth:

September 11, 1885

Date of Death:

March 2, 1930

Place of Birth:

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England

Place of Death:

Vence, France

Education:

Nottingham University College, teacher training certificate, 1908