J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan - classic fiction selection
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About this book:
Peter Pan;
or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up or Peter and Wendy is J. M. Barrie's
most famous work, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel,
respectively. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a
mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island
of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker
Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian princess Tiger Lily, and the pirate
Captain Hook. The play and novel were inspired by Barrie's friendship
with the Llewelyn Davies family. Barrie continued to revise the play
for years after its debut; the novel reflects one version of the
story.
The novel
was first published in 1911 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United
Kingdom and Charles Scribner's Sons in the United States. The
original book contains a frontispiece and 11 half-tone plates by
artist F. D. Bedford (whose illustrations are still in copyright in
the EU). The novel was first abridged by May Byron in 1915, with
Barrie's permission, and published under the title Peter Pan and
Wendy, the first time this form was used. This version was later
illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell in 1921. The novel is now usually
published under that title or simply Peter Pan. The script of the
play, which Barrie had continued to revise since its first
performance, was published in 1928.
Peter makes
night-time calls on the Darlings' house in Bloomsbury,[5] listening
in on Mrs. Mary Darling's bedtime stories by the open window. One
night Peter is spotted and, while trying to escape, he loses his
shadow. On returning to claim it, Peter wakes Mary's daughter, Wendy
Darling. Wendy succeeds in re-attaching his shadow to him, and Peter
learns that she knows lots of bedtime stories. He invites her to
Neverland to be a mother to his gang, the Lost Boys, children who
were lost in Kensington Gardens. Wendy agrees, and her brothers John
and Michael go along.
Their
magical flight to Neverland is followed by many adventures. The
children are blown out of the air by a cannon and Wendy is nearly
killed by the Lost Boy Tootles. Peter and the Lost Boys build a
little house for Wendy to live in while she recuperates (a structure
that, to this day, is called a Wendy House.) Soon John and Michael
adopt the ways of the Lost Boys.
Peter
welcomes Wendy to his underground home, and she immediately assumes
the role of mother figure. Peter takes the Darlings on several
adventures, the first truly dangerous one occurring at Mermaids'
Lagoon. At Mermaids' Lagoon, Peter and the Lost Boys save the
princess Tiger Lily and become involved in a battle with the pirates,
including the evil Captain Hook. Peter is wounded when Hook claws
him. He believes he will die, stranded on a rock when the tide is
rising, but he views death as "an awfully big adventure".
Luckily, a bird allows him to use her nest as a boat, and Peter sails
home... (source: Wikipedia)
About the author:
Sir James
Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a
Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator
of Peter Pan. The child of a family of small-town weavers, he was
educated in Scotland. He moved to London, where he developed a career
as a novelist and playwright. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys
who inspired him in writing about a baby boy who has magical
adventures in Kensington Gardens (included in The Little White Bird),
then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a "fairy
play" about this ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy
who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. This play
quickly overshadowed his previous work and although he continued to
write successfully, it became his best-known work, credited with
popularising the name Wendy, which was very uncommon previously.[1]
Barrie unofficially adopted the Davies boys following the deaths of
their parents. (source: Wikipedia)
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