• 导读
  • 《死者的祭坛》是美国著名作家亨利·詹姆斯的短篇小说,发表于1895年。每逢一位亲友死去,男主人公便会在祭坛为他们点一支蜡烛。偶然间,他发现有个女人和他一样,也在祭坛上为已故之人点蜡烛。他们日益熟悉,渐成知己。男主人公一心以为找到了命中注定的伴侣,却惊觉两人之间存在着不可逾越的障碍。小说发人深省,引起人们对生命和死亡意义的思考。

    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 has appeared in a number of later anthologies.

  • 内容简介
  • 《死者的祭坛》是美国著名作家亨利·詹姆斯的短篇小说,发表于1895年。每逢一位亲友死去,男主人公便会在祭坛为他们点一支蜡烛。偶然间,他发现有个女人和他一样,也在祭坛上为已故之人点蜡烛。他们日益熟悉,渐成知己。男主人公一心以为找到了命中注定的伴侣,却惊觉两人之间存在着不可逾越的障碍。小说发人深省,引起人们对生命和死亡意义的思考。

    "The Altar of the Dead" is a short story by Henry James, first published in his collection Terminations in 1895. A fable of literally life and death significance, the story explores how the protagonist 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 religious in any conventional sense, the story shows a deep spirituality in its treatment of mortality and the transcendent power of unselfish love.

  • 作者简介
  • 亨利·詹姆斯(Henry James,1843年4月15日-1916年2月28日),19世纪美国继霍桑、麦尔维尔之后最伟大的小说家,也是美国乃至世界文学史上的大文豪。詹姆斯的主要作品是小说,此外也写了许多文学评论、游记、传记和剧本。他的小说常写美国人和欧洲人之间交往的问题;成人的罪恶如何影响并摧残了纯洁、聪慧的儿童;物质与精神之间的矛盾;艺术家的孤独,作家和艺术家的生活等。代表作有长篇小说:《一个美国人》、《一位女士的画像》、《鸽翼》、《使节》和《金碗》等。他的创作对20世纪崛起的现代派及后现代派文学有着非常巨大的影响。

    Henry James, OM (15 April 1843–28 February 1916) was an American-British writer who spent most of his writing career in Britain. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.

  • 目录
    • CHAPTER I.
    • CHAPTER II.
    • CHAPTER III.
    • CHAPTER IV.
    • CHAPTER V.
    • CHAPTER VI.
    • CHAPTER VII.
    • CHAPTER VIII.
    • CHAPTER IX.
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