The Altar of the Dead (Hardcover)

from Kplatypus

The only other James I've read is Wings of the Dove and I wasn't a huge fan. Wings of the Dove reminded me of D. H. Lawrence, in its pretentious rambling on and on about relationships, but always in this rarefied, unrealistic way. That said, I've always meant to give him another chance or two, ju...

from vlcraven

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...

from markbstephenson

The Altar of the Dead is my all-time-favorite by HJ. Inspired!

from markbstephenson

The Altar of the Dead is my all-time-favorite by HJ. Inspired!