The Door in the wall
The Door in the wall is a short story written by H.G. Wells in 1906.
"One confidential evening, not three months ago, Lionel Wallace told me this story of the Door in the Wall. And at the time I thought that so far as he was concerned it was a true story.
He told it me with such a direct simplicity of conviction that I could not do otherwise than believe in him. But in the morning, in my own flat, I woke to a different atmosphere, and as I lay in bed and recalled the things he had told me, stripped of the glamour of his earnest slow voice, denuded of the focused, shaded table light, the shadowy atmosphere that wrapped about him and me, and the pleasant bright things, the dessert and glasses and napery of the dinner we had shared, making them for the time a bright little world quite cut off from everyday realities, I saw it all as frankly incredible."
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- Pages
- 22
- Reading time
- 34 minutes
- Pace
- Intermediate
- First published
- 1906
- Language
- English
120 years later, still timely
Why Read The Door in the wall in 2026?
A childhood glimpse of perfect green haunts a man for life. A fable of opportunity, memory, and regret.
Today's connection
In a distracted era, it asks what we trade for status—and whether we notice our doors when they appear.
Wonder remembered
The vision that won’t fade.
Choice & cost
Ambition vs. aliveness.
Attention audit
What do you miss?
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About the author
H. G. Wells
Idea driven adventures that test technology, time, and society with brisk clarity.
