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The Altar of the Dead. "The Altar of the Dead" is a short story by Henry James, first published in his collection Terminations in 1895. A fable of literally life and death significance, the story explores how the protagonist tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, to save them from being forgotten entirely in the rush of everyday events.
- Heinemann: May 15, 1895, Harper: June 18, 1895
- Short story
9 de nov. de 2010 · BY HENRY JAMES. LONDON: MARTIN SECKER number five john street adelphi. This edition first published 1916. The text follows that of the Definitive Edition. CHAPTER I. He had a mortal dislike, poor Stransom, to lean anniversaries, and loved them still less when they made a pretence of a figure.
Analysis. Summary. PDF Cite Share. Fifty-five-year-old George Stransom is obsessed with observing the anniversary of his fiancee Mary Antrim’s death, a fact that leads him to expand his...
1 de set. de 1996 · Sep 1, 1996. Most Recently Updated. Nov 9, 2010. Copyright Status. Public domain in the USA. Downloads. 159 downloads in the last 30 days. Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
- Henry James
- English
- 1895
- The Altar of the Dead
“The Altar of the Dead” adopts exclusively the point of view of Stransom, whose speculations, emotions, and intuitions are all made entirely lucid for the reader, at the same time that he...
15 de set. de 2022 · The Altar of the Dead. Henry James. DigiCat, Sep 15, 2022 - Fiction - 35 pages. A masterful exploration of one's duty to the memory of the dead, 'The Altar of the Dead' stands...
24 de fev. de 2024 · "The Altar of the Dead" in The Novels and Tales of Henry James 17: 3–58. — The "New York Edition"; revised for publication by James; this is the last revised version published in James' lifetime. The Altar of the Dead (London: Martin Secker, 1915)
