# David Blaize

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{{short description|1916 novel by E. F. Benson}}
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'''''David Blaize''''' is a novel of school life by English author [Edward Frederic Benson](/source/Edward_Frederic_Benson). The first edition was published in 1916 by [Hodder and Stoughton](/source/Hodder_and_Stoughton), London.

Set in England before [World War I](/source/World_War_I), the novel describes David's years at [prep school](/source/Preparatory_school_(United_Kingdom)) and [public school](/source/Independent_school_(United_Kingdom)), his studies, sports and friendships, and finally, his brush with death when he stops a runaway horse.<ref>''David Blaize.'' Viewforth Press. [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [Calif.](/source/California), 2010, pp. vii-xii. {{ISBN|1-4537-6310-4}}</ref>

==Sequels==
A second novel, ''David Blaize and the Blue Door'', set in David's early childhood, was published in 1918.<ref>[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/e-f-benson/david-blaize-and-blue-door.htm ''David Blaize and the Blue Door'' at Fantastic Fiction]</ref> In contrast to the first book, it is a fantasy in the style of ''[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland](/source/Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland)'', set in a dream landscape permeated with [nonsense](/source/literary_nonsense).<ref>''Alternative Alices: Visions and Revisions of Lewis Carroll's Alice Books'', edited by Carolyn Sigler, University Press of Kentucky, Feb 5, 2015, p. 299–328</ref>

''[David of King's](/source/David_of_King's)'' (published in the United States as ''David Blaize of King's'') is Benson's 1924 sequel to ''David Blaize''.<ref>''David of King's.'' Viewforth Press. [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [Calif.](/source/California), 2010, pp. vii-xii. {{ISBN|1-4538-0281-9}}</ref> It follows David's university career at [King's College, Cambridge](/source/King's_College%2C_Cambridge). It was also re-published in 2010 with a new introduction and literary notes by Dr. Craig Paterson for Viewforth Press.<ref>[https://www.createspace.com/3481622 ''David of King's''] at Viewforth Press</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://sites.google.com/site/efbensonfirsteditions/ ''David Blaize'' and other Benson first editions]
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* {{FadedPage|id=20150344|name=David Blaize and the Blue Door}}
*[https://archive.org/details/davidblaize00bens ''David Blaize''] at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)
* {{librivox book | title=David Blaize | author=Edward Frederic Benson}}
*[https://archive.org/details/davidblaizeblued00bensuoft ''David Blaize and the Blue Door''] at the Internet Archive

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Category:1916 British novels
Category:Novels by E. F. Benson
Category:Novels set in England
Category:Novels set in secondary schools
Category:Hodder & Stoughton books

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