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The Altar of the Dead

di Henry James

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Explore timeless questions about spirituality, love, remembrance, and mortality with this tale from the pen of Henry James, a master of psychological suspense fiction. The two protagonists featured in "The Altar of the Dead" have dedicated their lives to remembering those who have passed on from this world, but find that honoring the dead can make living one's own life to the fullest a challenge.… (altro)
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I enjoyed this story. The progression of the protagonist's "religion" from an almost totemic worship of the dead, to the understated realization that the dead (as well as the living) were part of something larger was interesting to watch unfold. Also the polarization of the reactions of the two main characters regarding their mutual friend/enemy, i.e. total forgetfullness on one hand and obsession on the other, was well thought-out.

James also overcame is love of commas which made this story quite readable : ) ( )
  thegreyhermit | Jul 23, 2021 |
In Henry James’ ‘The Altar of the Dead’ , a man, George Stransom, is horrified by the idea of how brief our time is and how quickly we are forgotten and so he builds an altar of candles for the people he has known who have died in an effort to keep their memories alive for a bit longer. There are candles for all of his late acquaintances except for one, who did him a terrible injustice. After some arrangements this altar is installed in a church and the man visits regularly. A woman begins sitting at the altar, also visiting her dead. Eventually, bound by grief, they begin a sort of friendship, until a revelation occurs that seemingly makes their companionship untenable.

The entire story is a sort of literary memento mori , which I enjoy, and the writing is itself like multiple candles in the night–both luminous and dark. It’s the sort of story that can be read multiple times without losing its capacity to impress.

The idea of a person not truly being gone until they are forgotten is also covered in Kevin Brockmeier’s quite good The Brief History of the Dead , which is based on the belief of some African tribes that there are three types of people, the living, the recently departed (whom the living still remember) and the dead whose names are only known. ( )
  vlcraven | Feb 12, 2015 |
J'ai lu Dans la cage. Assez étrange : l'histoire d'une employée des télégraphes à la fin du XIXe s. qui rêve à une histoire d'amour avec ses clients (bcp plus riches qu'elle) et qui s'interdit d'en avoir une lorsque cela pourrait marcher. C'est assez étrange, un rythme un peu lent, pas beaucoup d'action. Mais intéressant quand même. A lire. ( )
  everde01 | Aug 13, 2010 |
The Altar of the Dead is my all-time-favorite by HJ. Inspired! ( )
  markbstephenson | Jun 5, 2010 |
Boring! ( )
  hemlokgang | Aug 15, 2008 |
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Explore timeless questions about spirituality, love, remembrance, and mortality with this tale from the pen of Henry James, a master of psychological suspense fiction. The two protagonists featured in "The Altar of the Dead" have dedicated their lives to remembering those who have passed on from this world, but find that honoring the dead can make living one's own life to the fullest a challenge.

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