---
title: 'The Blue Flower'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1902-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Fiction'
- 'Literature'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 42'
- 'John 14'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-dyke-1902-the-blue-flower
---

# The Blue Flower

A lyrical cycle of tales about a boy's yearning for the 'Blue Flower'—a symbol of longing and the search for happiness. Dreamlike stories blending translation and pastoral fantasy.

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