Peter Pan, with eBook

Name: Peter Pan, with eBook
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: J. M. Barrie
ISBN: 9781400178667

Author: J. M. Barrie

Narrator: Donada Peters

Unabridged: 4 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/25/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Peter Pan first flew across a London stage in 1904, overwhelming audiences with its tale of a magical boy who never grows up, who lures young Wendy and her brothers to Neverland, where they meet pirates, Indians, fairies, and the Lost Boys. J. M. Barrie revised and expanded the story and published it as this novel. For children, it remains a marvelous mix of fantasy and adventure, featuring unique, imaginative characters who frisk and frolic in an enchanting land.

For adults, the story of Peter and the Lost Boys works on a much deeper level, speaking to them about the inevitable loss of childhood and the ability "to fly." The climactic duel between Peter Pan and Captain Hook is both a swashbuckling romp and a moving metaphor for the complex, poignant struggle between innocent but irresponsible youth and tainted but dependable maturity.

About J. M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie was born in 1860 in a Scottish village, the son of a weaver. At the age of twenty-five, he moved to London, where he began his career as a playwright and novelist, a career that would bring him fame and many honors. He told his first Peter Pan stories to the sons of his friend Sylvia Llewellyn Davies, later incorporating them into The Little White Bird. In 1904, Peter Pan made its stage debut and was an immediate sensation, its revival every Christmas in London through 1940 a testament to its popularity. Barrie was made a baronet in 1913, received the Order of Merit in 1922, and was named president of the Society of Authors in 1928. He died in 1937.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mónica on August 15, 2021

Me ha gustado bastante más Peter and Wendy que Peter en Pan en Kensington Gardens. Me ha parecido mágico, pero a la vez bastante humano. Se parece mucho a las películas, pero a la vez estás no captan la personalidad y la esencia de estos libros. Lo que más me ga gustado es ese mundo de las hadas, que m......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte on August 01, 2017

3.5 stars! My copy is split into the two stories, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and Peter and Wendy, and they are so different! Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. "The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that the......more

Goodreads review by Sherry on March 31, 2023

5* for Peter Pan and 3.5* for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. This is a review for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. I read Peter Pan last December and loved it so much that when I found a copy in a secondhand store I grabbed it. I hadn’t realized when I had bought my copy that there was a second boo......more

Goodreads review by Indah on March 28, 2015

"To die would be an awfully big adventure." Peter Pan is one of these stories that means a lot to me, meant a lot to me and always will mean a lot to me. It's the story my dad read to me about a billion times for a bedtime story, the sequel of the Disney movie was my first ever movie I saw in a cin......more

Goodreads review by Jolanda on July 08, 2013

Oh that was marvelous. Where to start? I've been familiar with the story of Peter Pan for most of my life. As so many of you, I grew up with the Disney film. I must admit that it wasn't one of my favourites, but I remember the mermaid-scene vividly. The film and novel aren't that different from one......more