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Peter Pan
- 183 pages · about 3 hours
- First published 1911
- 441 editions
- Free to read
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1 About this book
Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up, has been listening at the nursery window of the Darling family in London, and one night he loses his shadow there. Coming back for it, he wakes the eldest child, Wendy. He takes Wendy and her brothers, John and Michael, flying to the island of Neverland, where he leads a band of Lost Boys among mermaids, fairies and the pirates of Captain Hook. J. M. Barrie first told the story as a play in 1904 and turned it into this novel, originally titled Peter and Wendy, in 1911.
- Classics
- Fantasy
- Adventure
- Fantasy literature
- Toy and movable books
- Children's stories
- Drama
- Pirates
2 What to expect
The 1911 novel of the boy who would not grow up, who flies three London children to Neverland to meet lost boys, fairies, mermaids and Captain Hook. The narrator is arch and knowing, as much for adults as for children, and under the adventure runs a sad thought about childhood and growing up. It is funnier, stranger and darker than the film versions, and its portrayal of Native Americans is a stereotype of its time.
Good for readers who want: a children's classic, adventure in Neverland, and a bittersweet tale of growing up.
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Read it on the Internet Archive4 About J. M. Barrie
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
5 More by J. M. Barrie
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