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===Late years, 1898β1916=== {{multiple image <!-- Essential parameters --> | align = right | direction = vertical | width = 220 <!-- Image 1 --> | image1 = HenryJamesPhotograph.png | alt1 = | caption1 = James in 1890 <!-- Image 2 --> | image2 = Copy_of_1913_statue_of_Henry_James_by_Francis_Derwent_Wood_at_Chelsea_Library_(original_was_stolen_in_1992).jpg | alt2 = | caption2 = Copy of 1913 statue of Henry James by Francis Derwent Wood, displayed at Chelsea Library.<br>(Original statue was stolen in 1992.) <!-- Image 3 --> | image3 =Henry James grave.jpg | alt3 = | caption3 = Grave marker in Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts }} In 1897β1898, he moved to [[Rye, East Sussex|Rye, Sussex]] and wrote ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]''; 1899β1900 had the publication of ''[[The Awkward Age]]'' and ''[[The Sacred Fount]]''. During 1902β1904, he wrote ''[[The Wings of the Dove]],'' ''[[The Ambassadors]]'', and ''[[The Golden Bowl]]''. In 1904, he revisited America and lectured on Balzac. In 1906β1910, he published ''[[The American Scene]]'' and edited the "[[New York Edition]]", a 24-volume collection of his works. In 1910, his brother William died; Henry had just joined William from an unsuccessful search for relief in Europe, on what turned out to be Henry's last visit to the United States (summer 1910 to July 1911) and was near him when he died.<ref>Kaplan chapter 15.</ref> In 1913, he wrote his autobiographies, ''[[A Small Boy and Others]]'' and ''[[Notes of a Son and Brother]]''. After the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, he did war work. In 1915, he became a British citizen and was awarded the [[Order of Merit]] the following year. He died on 28 February 1916, in [[Chelsea, London]], and was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]]. A memorial was built to him in [[Chelsea Old Church]]. He had requested that his ashes be buried in Cambridge Cemetery in Massachusetts.<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 23458β23459). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref> This was not legally possible, but William's wife smuggled his ashes onboard a ship and sneaked them through customs, allowing her to bury him in their family plot.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gunter |title=Alice in Jamesland: The Story of Alice Howe Gibbens James |date=January 2009 |isbn=978-0803222755 |page=304|publisher=U of Nebraska Press }}</ref>
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