FREEThe Altar of the Dead
"The Altar of the Dead" by Henry James is a short story published in 1895. The tale follows George Stransom, who creates a private ritual of lighting candles in a church to honor his deceased friends and preserve their memory from oblivion. When he befriends a woman who shares his devotion to the dead, he discovers she mourns the one person he refuses to forgive. Their spiritual connection fractures over this single name, forcing Stransom to confront whether love and forgiveness can transcend even the deepest wounds of the past. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Automated conservative edition review 2026-10-20T11:18:16.830Z (historical-original-en-v2), Philippines scope. English historical author James, Henry, died 1916; original-language author allowlist, matching sole EPUB/catalog creator, no credited contributors, no extra artwork, no flagged editorial/translation/copyright cues in isolated text. US public-domain source label and retained Gutenberg license; EPUB CRC passed. This is rule-based screening, not a worldwide rights opinion or a claim of manual review. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/642; Philippine term reference https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/copyright/. EPUB SHA256 6a2e50b59424daed6db4c5c9970e7cdfd907aae0f87b648ad3018d4f405605b3; RDF SHA256 26ed925ae244c3f9aab1a8b44d1f9af649f22cbdbea0289dbd5c58b11f9731a8. Author identity/date reference checked 2026-09-28: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/209.
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