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The Collected Peter Pan Sir J. M. Barrie

The Collected Peter Pan By Sir J. M. Barrie

The Collected Peter Pan by Sir J. M. Barrie


Summary

A new collection of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan storiesfrom his first appearance in The Little White Bird to the final version of the Peter Pan play we know today.

The Collected Peter Pan Summary

The Collected Peter Pan by Sir J. M. Barrie

'To die will be an awfully big adventure.' Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, is one of the immortals of children's literature. J. M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as a baby, living in secret with the birds and fairies in the middle of London, but as the children for whom he invented the stories grew older, so too did Peter, reappearing in Neverland, where he was aided in his epic battles with Red Indians and pirates by the motherly and resourceful Wendy Darling. Peter Pan has become a cultural icon and symbol for escapism and innocence, remaining popular with both children and adults. In this collected edition, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst brings together five of the main versions of the Peter Pan story, from Peter Pan's first appearance in The Little White Bird, to his novelisation of the story, the stage version, and unrealised silent film script. This edition contains a lively introduction, detailed explanatory notes, original illustrations, and appendices that include Barrie's coda to the play that was only performed once.

About Sir J. M. Barrie

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst is the author of Becoming Dickens (Harvard UP, 2011), winner of the 2011 Duff Cooper Prize, and has edited editions of Dickens's Great Expectations, Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor, and Kingsley's The Water-Babies for Oxford World's Classics. He writes regularly for publications including the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, TLS, and the New Statesman.

Table of Contents

The Little White Bird Anon: A Play Peter and Wendy Scenario for a Proposed Film of Peter Pan Peter Pan Appendix 1: On the Acting of a Fairy Play Appendix 2: When Wendy Grew Up: An Afterthought Appendix 3: The Blot on Peter Pan Appendix 4: Captain Hook at Eton Notes

Additional information

GOR010844690
9780198813965
0198813961
The Collected Peter Pan by Sir J. M. Barrie
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Oxford University Press
2019-09-19
528
N/A
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