The Door In The Wall
* '' The Door in the Wall'' is a short story by H. G. Wells * '' The Door in the Wall and Other Stories'' is a 1911 short story collection by H. G. Wells * ''The Door in the Wall'' (novel) is a 1949 children's novel by Marguerite de Angeli * ''The Door in the Wall'' is a 1965 collection of short stories by Oliver La Farge Oliver Hazard Perry La Farge II (December 19, 1901 – August 2, 1963) was an American writer and anthropologist. In 1925 he explored early Olmec sites in Mexico, and later studied additional sites in Central America and the American Southw ...

The Door In The Wall (short Story)
"The Door in the Wall" is a short story by H. G. Wells first published in the '' Daily Chronicle'' in 1906 and first collected in his ''The Country of the Blind and Other Stories'' in 1911. It covers the whole life of a successful politician who has always been haunted by his memory of having in early childhood been welcomed into a paradisal garden of innocent happiness, access to which depends on finding by chance a particular door. Over the years he has several times rediscovered the door in different locations in London, but has always declined to enter, being distracted by some step in the advancement of his worldly career. It is widely considered to be one of Wells's finest short stories, has influenced other writers, and has been filmed three times. Synopsis The narrator begins by telling us that this story was told to him by an old schoolfellow of his, Lionel Wallace. After a period of doubt he has come to believe that Wallace was telling him the truth as he saw i ...
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The Door In The Wall And Other Stories
H. G. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His writing career spanned more than sixty years, and his early science fiction novels earned him the title (along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback) of "The Father of Science Fiction". Novels *'' The Time Machine'' (1895). Fragments from the serial form in ''The New Review'' which were generally excluded in the book version can be found in the anthology edited by Robert M. Philmus, 1975, as can the untitled version published in seven instalments in the ''National Observer'' 17 March – 23 June 1894. *''The Wonderful Visit'' (1895) *'' The Island of Doctor Moreau'' (1896) *''The Wheels of Chance'' (1896) *'' The Invisible Man'' (1897) *'' The War of the Worlds'' (1898) *'' When the Sleeper Wakes'' (1899) *''Love and Mr Lewisham'' (1900) *'' The First Men in the Moon'' (1901) *''The Sea Lady'' (1902) *''The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth'' (1904) *'' Kipps'' (1905) *'' A Modern Utopia'' (1905) * ...
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The Door In The Wall (novel)
''The Door in the Wall'' is a 1949 novel by Marguerite de Angeli that received the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1950. Plot summary The story, illustrated by the author, is set in England during the Middle Ages, as the Black Death (bubonic plague) is sweeping across the country. Young Robin is to be sent away to become a knight like his father, but his dreams are endangered when he loses the use of his legs. A doctor reassures Robin that the weakness in his legs is not caused by the plague. His parents are away, serving the king and queen during war, and the servants abandon the house, fearing the plague. Robin is saved by Brother Luke, a friar, who finds him and takes him to St. Mark's, the monastery where Brother Luke lives, and cares for him. Brother Luke teaches Robin how to read using the Bible, how to swim as exercise, whittling and wood carving and how to use crutches he assists in crafting, to be independent and build self-conf ...
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