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Henry James Collection: The Ghostly Rental/Daisy Miller/The Altar of the Dead
Audio Book
Series: Classic Collection (Brilliance Audio)
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ISBN13: 9781501278259
Publisher: Classic Collection
Published: Aug 25 2015
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.45 Width: 5.23 Depth: 6.78
Language: English
The Ghostly Rental
Henry James wrote many excellent ghost stories, his most famous being, The Turn of the Screw. In The Ghostly Rental, a newcomer in town, who loves to walk for exercise, comes upon a deserted rural road. He follows the road and comes upon a house that immediately strikes him as simply haunted. He is determined to get into the house and find out the truth about it. What he finds out turns out to be quite different than what he expected.
Daisy Miller
The Altar of the Dead
The Altar of the Dead was first published in the collection Terminations in 1895. It is a fable of life and death significance which explores what happens when a man tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, to save them from being forgotten entirely in the rush of everyday events. He meets a woman who shares his ideals, only to find that the past places what seems to be an impassable barrier between them. Although James was not a religious man, at least in the conventional sense, this story shows a deep spirituality in its treatment of mortality and the transcendent power of unselfish love. Critics have generally rated this tale very high among James'' works, with some calling it a glorious fable, magnificently written, and one of his finest. James himself proudly placed the story at the head of volume 17 of the New York Edition (1907-09) of his fiction, before even The Beast in the Jungle. The tale also appeared in a number of later anthologies.
This novel is part of Brilliance Audio''s extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.
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