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Peter and Wendy: Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up
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Peter and Wendy: Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up Paperback - 2015

by James Matthew Barrie


About this book

Peter and Wendy (1911) is the title of James M. Barrie's novelization of his most famous play, Peter Pan: or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904). Inspired by Barrie's friendship with the Llewelyn Davies family, both the play and the novel tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous young boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers. The novel follows the play closely, though its final chapter is an addition to the original work.

Peter and Wendy was first published in 1911 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom and Charles Scribner's Sons in the United States. In 1929, Barrie gave the copyright to the works featuring Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), Britain's leading children's hospital.

From the publisher

Peter and Wendy
Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A mischievous boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang, the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, Native Americans, fairies, pirates, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland. In addition to two distinct works by Barrie himself, the character has been featured in a variety of media and merchandise, both adapting and expanding on Barrie's works.
Peter and Wendy In both the play and the novel, Peter often visits the "real world" of London to listen in on bedtime stories told by Mary Darling to her children. One night, Peter is spotted, and while trying to escape, he loses his shadow. On returning to claim his shadow, he wakes Mary's daughter, Wendy Darling. When Wendy succeeds in re-attaching his shadow to him, Peter takes a fancy to her and invites her to Neverland to be a mother to his gang of Lost Boys, the children who are lost in Kensington Gardens. Wendy agrees, and her brothers John and Michael go along. The dangerous and magical flight to Neverland is followed by many adventures.

First Edition Identification

First UK editions of Peter and Wendy have no subsequent printings noted and contain 13 plates, including frontispiece and title page, illustrated by artist F. D. Bedford. First US editions can be identified by the Scribner colophon on the copyright page.

Details

  • Title Peter and Wendy: Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up
  • Author James Matthew Barrie
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 118
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Createspace
  • Date 3/3/2015
  • ISBN 9781508709879 / 1508709874
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.28 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 0.71 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 500
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

J. M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)
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.