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David Blaize is a humorous coming-of-age novel centered on a young boy attending a preparatory school. The story opens in a unique classroom setting, a museum filled with curiosities, where the protagonist struggles to write a letter home amid distractions and lively school life... Read Full Overview

David Blaize is a novel of school life by English author Edward Frederic Benson. The first edition was published in 1916 by Hodder and Stoughton, London.Set in England before World War I, the novel describes David's years at prep school and public school, his studies, sports... Read Full Overview

David Blaize is the son of an archdeacon, the friend of a bishop's nephew, and this is a story of their friendship and life at a public school. Possibly the tale may be reminiscent of the author's own youth. It tells of cleanliness, physical and moral, of the self-restraint learned... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: David Blaize by E.F Benson

The boys' desks, transferred from their old class-room, stood in a three-sided square in the centre of the museum, while Mr. Dutton's table, with his desk on it, was in the window. The door of the museum was open, so too was the window by the master's seat, for the hour was between... Read Full Overview

Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 - 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. Benson's first book published was Sketches From Marlborough. He started his novel writing career with the (then) fashionably controversial... Read Full Overview

A charming and nostalgic coming-of-age novel set in an English public school, written by Edward Frederic Benson.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Set against the backdrop of an Edwardian-era English boarding school, E.F. Benson's "David Blaize" explores the formative years of youth and the enduring power of friendship. This coming-of-age story delves into the complexities of prejudice and the search for self-discovery... Read Full Overview

Set against the backdrop of an Edwardian-era English boarding school, E.F. Benson's "David Blaize" explores the formative years of youth and the enduring power of friendship. This coming-of-age story delves into the complexities of prejudice and the search for self-discovery... Read Full Overview

Set in an English preparatory school, this classic follows a bright, impulsive boy through a year of lessons, games, and small rebellions. A new classroom, a feared headmaster, and a young master shape the daily drama, as museum skeletons, ink-dipped darts, and Sunday catechism... Read Full Overview

David Blaize was among the most popular of the romantic friendship novels popular among British public school boys in the years leading up to the First World War. It is generally considered the most accomplished of those novels and is also more homoerotic than its contemporaries... Read Full Overview

The boys' desks, transferred from their old class-room, stood in a three-sided square in the centre of the museum, while Mr. Dutton's table, with his desk on it, was in the window. The door of the museum was open, so too was the window by the master's seat, for the hour was between... Read Full Overview

David BlaizeBy Edward Frederic Benson

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview