The Altar of the Dead

Description

The Altar of the Dead is a short story by American-British author Henry James, first published in his collection Terminations in 1895. With themes of spirituality and mortality, it tells the story of George Stransom, an ageing man who dwells on the many friends and acquaintances who have died. Feeling it important to keep their memory alive, he lights candles for them in a Catholic church, and in doing so, comes to meet a woman who does the same, although her remembrance is for a person who in his life, had done harm to Stransom. Their brief connection is therefore broken, until Stransom visits the church one last time.

The 1978 French film The Green Room is based on The Altar of the Dead.

This book has 39 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1895.

Production notes: This ebook of The Altar of the Dead was published by Global Grey on the 13th November 2018.