Project Gutenberg 2008-01-29 Public domain in the USA. 168 Child, Richard Washburn 1881 1935 Cue, Harold James 1887 1961 The blue wall : $b A story of strangeness and struggle E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) "The Blue Wall" by Richard Washburn Child is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the mysterious illness affecting a young girl named Virginia Marbury and the intriguing events that unfold around her family and their enigmatic neighbors, the Estabrooks. The narrative hints at themes of struggle against the unknown and the impact of unseen connections, as the protagonist, a surgeon, grapples with the strangeness surrounding the illness and the peculiar blue wall that symbolizes both barriers and unknown possibilities. The opening of the novel establishes a sense of urgency and mystery as the narrator, a surgeon, reflects on his responsibility toward his patient, Virginia, who suffers from meningitis. The surgeon's introspection leads him to wonder about the family's circumstances and the implications of the adjacent house, owned by the Estabrooks. Virginia's peculiar connection to the blue wall – her apparent awareness of something beyond it – sets the stage for the unfolding investigation. As the surgeon seeks answers about Virginia's condition, he discovers a mingling of personal stakes and deeper questions that bind both families. The beginning effectively creates suspense and lays the groundwork for the intricate relationships and secrets that will emerge throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Physicians -- Fiction Psychological fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 528784 2025-07-10T07:24:36.048880 text/html 552292 2008-01-29T10:46:46 text/html 396752 2025-07-10T07:24:45.964775 application/epub+zip 401901 2025-07-10T07:24:39.120835 application/epub+zip 280934 2025-07-10T07:24:37.733861 application/epub+zip 597200 2025-07-10T07:24:50.972754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552375 2025-07-10T07:24:44.744820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412596 2022-09-11T10:05:23.218259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 474857 2025-07-10T07:24:34.925865 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 474575 2021-01-03T06:46:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 474585 2021-01-03T06:46:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22079 2025-07-10T07:24:51.110750 application/rdf+xml 11048 2025-07-10T07:24:38.241819 image/jpeg 2834 2025-07-10T07:24:37.986821 image/jpeg 181866 2021-01-03T06:46:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 301614 2021-01-03T06:46:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 181850 2021-01-03T06:46:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 371510 2025-07-10T07:24:36.099827 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia