Project Gutenberg 2015-03-16 Public domain in the USA. 85 Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic) 1867 1940 Benson, Edward Frederic Benson, Edward F. (Edward Frederic) Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice) 1860 1941 Ford, Henry Justice David Blaize and the Blue Door E-text prepared by Marcia Brooks, Al Haines, Cindy Beyer, and the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team (http://www.pgdpcanada.net/) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (https://archive.org/details/toronto) "David Blaize and the Blue Door" by E. F. Benson is a whimsical children's novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around David Blaize, a young boy who believes in the existence of a magical "real world" lying just beneath his mundane everyday experience. As he approaches the age of ten, he is determined to find this hidden world before he becomes too grown-up to explore it. At the start of the story, David is characterized by his lively imagination and frustration with the limits of adult explanations. He often feels that grown-ups are too sleepily wrapped up in their own realities to recognize the magical elements of life. One night, David discovers a beautiful blue door hidden beneath his pillow, which leads him to an enchanting passageway filled with dancing cats and all the characters from his childhood stories, including the Noah family and whimsical animals. This opening sets the stage for a fantastical adventure as David navigates this vibrant world, meeting a range of colorful characters while grappling with his own identity and the grown-up world he wishes to understand. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fantasy fiction Adventure stories Boys -- Juvenile fiction Imaginary places -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 260357 260102 2024-09-20T09:12:35.040033 2023-09-21T05:58:27.282045 text/html text/html 256738 2015-03-16T12:28:32 text/html 3175770 2015-03-16T12:31:57 text/html application/zip 3019025 2024-09-20T09:12:39.865966 application/epub+zip 3023102 2024-09-20T09:12:36.113944 application/epub+zip 132985 2024-09-20T09:12:35.518938 application/epub+zip 3097857 2024-09-20T09:12:42.737919 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3080475 2024-09-20T09:12:39.302942 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194164 2022-09-22T04:51:39.384115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220131 219883 2024-09-20T09:12:34.279978 2023-09-21T05:58:26.316024 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 220075 2020-06-15T22:11:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 78678 2020-06-15T22:11:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20082 2024-09-20T09:12:42.871927 application/rdf+xml 17081 2024-09-20T09:12:35.622926 image/jpeg 2406 2024-09-20T09:12:35.569933 image/jpeg 3203969 2024-09-20T09:12:35.134982 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia