Project Gutenberg 2015-03-16 Public domain in the USA. 205 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.) Reading ease score: 88.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. 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 Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels Category: British Literature 260225 2025-06-19T12:50:38.171604 text/html 235756 2024-10-24T17:09:14 text/html 3019036 2025-06-19T12:50:43.324579 application/epub+zip 3023038 2025-06-19T12:50:39.357644 application/epub+zip 132890 2025-06-19T12:50:38.697582 application/epub+zip 3097474 2025-06-19T12:50:46.284527 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3080455 2025-06-19T12:50:42.707568 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194164 2022-09-22T04:51:39.384115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219859 2025-06-19T12:50:37.533544 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 199827 2024-10-24T17:09:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18105 2025-06-19T12:50:46.537495 application/rdf+xml 17081 2025-06-19T12:50:38.819620 image/jpeg 2406 2025-06-19T12:50:38.759523 image/jpeg 3203951 2025-06-19T12:50:38.285611 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 en.wikipedia