Books with author J M 1860-1937 Barrie

Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland. In addition to two distinct works by Barrie, the character has been featured in a variety of media and merchandise, both adapting and expanding on Barrie's works. These include a 1953 animated film, a 2003 dramatic/live-action film, a TV series and many other works.Peter is an exaggerated stereotype of a boastful and careless boy. He claims greatness, even when such claims are questionable (such as congratulating himself when Wendy re-attaches his shadow). In the play and book, Peter symbolises the selfishness of childhood, and is portrayed as being forgetful and self-centred.Peter has a nonchalant, devil-may-care attitude, and is fearlessly cocky when it comes to putting himself in danger. Barrie writes that when Peter thought he was going to die on Marooners' Rock, he felt scared, yet he felt only one shudder. With this blithe attitude, he says, "To die will be an awfully big adventure". In the play, the unseen and unnamed narrator ponders what might have been if Peter had stayed with Wendy, so that his cry might have become, "To live would be an awfully big adventure!", "but he can never quite get the hang of it".

Wendy, Michael and John are sleeping when the window of their nursery blows open and lets in a very remarkable boy, Peter Pan, and his fairy, Tinker Bell. Peter soon entices the three children from their beds and out through the window to Neverland. There, they encounter mermaids, fairies, the Lost Boys, the Indian princess Tiger Lily and her tribe, and do battle with an villainous gang of pirates and their leader, the sinister Captain Hook, in a magical adventure which has enchanted generations of children and adults alike.

Considered a masterpiece since its first appearance on stage in 1904, Peter Pan is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work and arguably the greatest of all children’s stories. While it is a wonderful fantasy for the young, Peter Pan, particularly in the novel form Barrie published in 1911, says something important to all of us. Here “the boy who wouldn’t grow up” and his adventures with Wendy and the lost boys in the Neverland evoke a deep emotional response as they give form to our feelings about parents, boys and girls, the unknown, freedom, and responsibility. Humorous, satiric, filled with suspenseful cliff-hangers and bittersweet truths, Peter Pan works an indisputable magic on readers of all ages, making it a true classic of imaginative literature.

The timeless J.M. Barrie classic about a mischief-making boy who can fly with faeries and never, never grows up. Join Peter on his adventures in Neverland with his raucous gang of Lost Boys as they battle pirates, swim with mermaids, feast with Native Americans and remember what childhood means when ordinary children from the ordinary world are brought to magical Neverland. Loaded with illustrations and formatted for Kindle devices and the Kindle for iOS apps.

The timeless J.M. Barrie classic about a mischief-making boy who can fly with faeries and never, never grows up. Join Peter on his adventures in Neverland with his raucous gang of Lost Boys as they battle pirates, swim with mermaids, feast with Native Americans and remember what childhood means when ordinary children from the ordinary world are brought to magical Neverland. Loaded with illustrations and formatted for Kindle devices and the Kindle for iOS apps.

The timeless J.M. Barrie classic about a mischief-making boy who can fly with faeries and never, never grows up. Join Peter on his adventures in Neverland with his raucous gang of Lost Boys as they battle pirates, swim with mermaids, feast with Native Americans and remember what childhood means when ordinary children from the ordinary world are brought to magical Neverland. Loaded with illustrations and formatted for Kindle devices and the Kindle for iOS apps.

The timeless J.M. Barrie classic about a mischief-making boy who can fly with faeries and never, never grows up. Join Peter on his adventures in Neverland with his raucous gang of Lost Boys as they battle pirates, swim with mermaids, feast with Native Americans and remember what childhood means when ordinary children from the ordinary world are brought to magical Neverland. Loaded with illustrations and formatted for Kindle devices and the Kindle for iOS apps.

The timeless J.M. Barrie classic about a mischief-making boy who can fly with faeries and never, never grows up. Join Peter on his adventures in Neverland with his raucous gang of Lost Boys as they battle pirates, swim with mermaids, feast with Native Americans and remember what childhood means when ordinary children from the ordinary world are brought to magical Neverland. Loaded with illustrations and formatted for Kindle devices and the Kindle for iOS apps.

The timeless J.M. Barrie classic about a mischief-making boy who can fly with faeries and never, never grows up. Join Peter on his adventures in Neverland with his raucous gang of Lost Boys as they battle pirates, swim with mermaids, feast with Native Americans and remember what childhood means when ordinary children from the ordinary world are brought to magical Neverland. Loaded with illustrations and formatted for Kindle devices and the Kindle for iOS apps.

The timeless J.M. Barrie classic about a mischief-making boy who can fly with faeries and never, never grows up. Join Peter on his adventures in Neverland with his raucous gang of Lost Boys as they battle pirates, swim with mermaids, feast with Native Americans and remember what childhood means when ordinary children from the ordinary world are brought to magical Neverland. Loaded with illustrations and formatted for Kindle devices and the Kindle for iOS apps.