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The Door in the Wall

H. G. Wells

First published August 1911
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A British politician recalls a visit through a mysterious door in a wall in childhood, and how it haunted him throughout his life.

First published: The Daily Chronicle Jul 14 1906. 6.7k words per Project Gutenberg transcriptions.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1911 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 513
November 1911 Cover The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Mitchell Kennerley Collection |1
November 1911 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Grant Richards Collection |1
August 1913 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 513
1914 Le Pays des aveugles Mercure de France Collection 219
January 1915 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Grant Richards Collection
1923 31 Stories by Thirty and One Authors D. Appleton & Company Anthology 11
1924 Cover Tales of the Unexpected W. Collins Sons Collection 190
1925 In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories T. Fisher Unwin Omnibus
1925 In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories Charles Scribner's Sons Omnibus
January 1926 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Tauchnitz Collection |2
September 1926 Cover The Argosy, September 1926 Cassell's MAGAZINE 45
1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 164
1927 Cover More Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Walter Scott to Michael Arlen Oxford University Press Anthology 306
1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 164
1927 The Time Machine and Other Stories Ernest Benn Collection |6
September 1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 164
October 1927 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 164
1929 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection
1929 The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells The Literary Guild Collection
1931 The Stolen Body and Other Tales of the Unexpected London Book Co. Collection |11
1931 The Man Who Could Work Miracles Haldeman-Julius Collection |2
1937 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 140
1937 The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 140
1938 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Garden City Publishing Co. Collection 140
1938 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 140
1939 Cover Tellers of Tales: 100 Short Stories from the United States, England, France, Russia and Germany Doubleday, Doran Anthology 511
September 1940 Cover Short Stories: First Series Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 100
1942 Cover Narraciones Terroríficas, No 32 Editorial Molino MAGAZINE 43
January 1943 Cover The World's Great Mystery Stories World Publishing Co. Anthology 201
1946 Cover Strange and Fantastic Stories: Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror and Fantasy Whittlesey House Anthology 716
1947 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Longmans, Green and Co. Collection
1948 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 164
1954 Tales of the Unexpected Collins Collection
1957 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 164
September 1958 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 106
1959 Cover Povestiri ESPLA Collection
1960 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 144
1962 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 106
May 1962 Cover Ｈ・Ｇ・ウェルズ短篇集 II: タイム・マシン 早川書房 Collection 9
October 1962 Cover Tales of the Uncanny Panther Anthology
1963 Cover The Dream Adventure The Orion Press Anthology 179
1964 The Valley of Spiders Fontana Collection 174
1964 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 106
1965 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection
June 1965 Cover Magazine of Horror, June 1965 Health Knowledge, Inc. MAGAZINE 81
August 1965 The Valley of Spiders Fontana Collection 174
September 1966 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 144
1968 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 106
1970 Cover The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories Fontana Anthology 56
1970 Cover Thirteen Uncanny Tales J. M. Dent Anthology 161
September 1972 Cover The Valley of Spiders Fontana Collection 174
1973 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 106
1974 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 144
1974 Cover L'Angleterre fantastique de Defoe à Wells Marabout Anthology 405
May 1974 Cover The Valley of Spiders Fontana Collection 174
June 1975 Cover Tales of the Occult Fawcett Crest Anthology 355
1977 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 106
January 1978 Cover タイム・マシン 早川書房 Collection |1
February 1978 Cover The Valley of Spiders Fontana / Collins Collection 174
1979 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 106
1979 Cover Das Kristallei Reclam Leipzig Collection 164
1980 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories David R. Godine Collection |1
July 1980 Cover The Door in the Wall and Other Stories David R. Godine Collection 5
September 1980 Cover Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis Zsolnay Collection 141
1981 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 106
March 1981 Cover The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories Fontana Anthology 56
October 1982 Cover Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis Ullstein Collection 141
1983 Cover Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature Picador Anthology 596
April 1984 Cover Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature Clarkson N. Potter Anthology 596
October 1986 Cover Entre chien et loup: anthologie de la peur Maren Sell Anthology 221
1987 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells St. Martin's Press Collection 144
1987 Cover Das Kristallei Reclam Leipzig Collection 164
1988 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 106
April 1989 Cover Anthologie de la peur: Entre chien et loup Seuil Anthology 239
1990 Cover Short Stories The Folio Society Collection |3
1996 Cover Meistererzählungen Diogenes Collection 17
October 1996 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Oxford University Press Collection |31
1997 Cover Crew's 13: Classic Tales of the Macabre & Fantastic ABC Books (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Anthology 65
May 1998 Cover The Red Room and Other Stories Phoenix Collection 227
August 1998 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells J. M. Dent Collection 571
May 2001 Cover Chills and Thrills: Tales of Terror and Enchantment Key Porter Kids / Key Porter Books Anthology 203
April 2004 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Project Gutenberg Collection |31
April 2004 Cover Un rêve d'Armageddon : précédé de La porte dans le mur Gallimard Collection 11
July 2004 Cover Selected Stories of H. G. Wells Modern Library Collection 283
July 2005 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Project Gutenberg Collection |1
January 2006 Cover The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories The Echo Library Collection |31
December 2006 Cover The Man Who Could Work Miracles Tartarus Press Collection
May 2007 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories Penguin Books Collection |22
December 2007 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories Penguin Books Collection 365
2009 Cover A Dream of Armageddon: The Complete Supernatural Tales Fall River Press Collection 294
January 2009 Cover A Dream of Armageddon Cybraria Collection
March 2010 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Waking Lion Press Collection 344
May 2010 Cover A Dream of Armageddon Kessinger Collection
August 2010 Cover Dreams and Wonders: Stories from the Dawn of Modern Fantasy Dover Publications Anthology 253
August 2010 Cover Dreams and Wonders: Stories from the Dawn of Modern Fantasy Dover Publications Anthology
February 2011 Cover H. G. Wells: Tales of the Weird and Supernatural Coachwhip Publications Collection
February 2011 Cover The Door in the Wall Penguin Books Collection |1
February 2011 Cover The Door in the Wall Penguin Books Collection 1
April 2011 Cover Complete Short Story Omnibus Gollancz Collection 621
May 2012 Cover Dreams and Wonders: Stories from the Dawn of Modern Fantasy Dover Publications Anthology
January 2013 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories CreateSpace Collection 260
July 2013 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories CreateSpace Collection 509
August 2013 Cover The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Bottom of the Hill Publishing Collection
February 2015 Cover A Slip Under the Microscope Penguin Books Collection 1
February 2015 Cover A Slip Under the Microscope Penguin Books Collection |1
February 2016 Cover H. G. Wells: The Dover Reader Dover Publications Omnibus
January 2017 Cover The Crystal Egg and Other Stories Wordsworth Editions Collection 227
February 2017 Cover Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection 442
April 2017 Cover The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories Enhanced Media Publishing Collection |31
2018 Cover Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection 442
April 2018 Cover Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Stories Arcturus Publishing Anthology 24
November 2018 Cover H.G. Wells: Timeless Adventures from the Father of Science Fiction Prion / Carlton Omnibus 621
December 2018 Cover Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection |33
2020 Cover The Time Machine & Other Stories Arcturus Publishing Collection 203
2020 Cover Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection 442
June 2020 Cover The Time Machine In Audio Collection
October 2020 Cover A porta no muro Editora Wish Chapbook
September 2021 Tales of the Unexpected Project Gutenberg Collection |190
May 2022 Cover Classic Science Fiction Stories Macmillan UK Anthology |364
May 2022 Cover Classic Science Fiction Stories Macmillan UK Anthology 364
June 2022 Cover Cosmic Horror Monthly, June 2022 Cosmic Horror Monthly MAGAZINE |9
October 2022 Cover Фантастични разкази от неповторимия ХХ век Паритет Anthology 118
January 2023 Cover Hidden Realms Short Stories Flame Tree Press Anthology
July 2024 Cover Universos Peculiares Editora Wish Collection |2