Peter Pan
Peter and Wendy and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
$24.01
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
9 June 2011
Summary
J.M. Barrie’s classic tale of the “boy who would not grow up.”
Peter Pan originally appeared as a baby living a magical life among birds and fairies in J.M. Barrie’s sequence of stories, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. His later role as flying boy hero was brought to the stage by Barrie in the beloved play Peter Pan, which opened in 1904 and became the novel Peter and Wendy in 1911.
In a narrative filled with vivid characters, epic battles, pirates,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780142437933 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014243793X |
| Author: | J.M. Barrie, Jack Zipes |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 9 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 14mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-11 |
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“Barrie wrote his fantasy of childhood, added another figure to our enduring literature, and thereby undoubtedly made one of the boldest bids for immortality of any writer… . It is a masterpiece.”
–J. B. PRIESTLEY
About The Author
J.M. Barrie
James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) was born in Scotland, the son of a weaver. He adored his mother, Margaret Ogilvie, and, although the family were quite poor, she made sure that he was educated. James moved to London in 1885 to follow a literary career. He first wrote short stories and later successful plays which made him rich and famous. He was very nervous when he gave Peter Pan to his theatrical manager because it was a child’s fantasy, the first and only time he had ever written especially for children. But Peter Pan with its flying and theatrical devices was a huge success and continues to be performed today. In 1911 James Barrie turned his play into a novel, one of the most thrilling and magical of all the great adventures that have been written for children.
Jack Zipes (foreword) is a preeminent fairy tale scholar who has written, translated, or edited dozens of books, including The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. He is a professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota.
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