The Complete Adventures of Peter Pan (complete and unabridged) includes: The Little White Bird, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens(illustrated) and Peter and Wendy

by J.M. Barrie, Arthur Rackham (Illustrations), Francis Donkin Bedford (Illustrations)

This book is an omnibus edition consisting of the three novels about Peter Pan, "The Little White Bird" is a novel for adults in which the character first appeared, and then "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" and "Peter and Wendy," both of which come fully illustrated in black and white. On the cover of the book are eight of the original colour illustrations. Books include: The Little White Bird, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Peter and Wendy.

Genres: Classics, Fantasy, Childrens, Fiction, Middle Grade, Adventure, Fairy Tales

326 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1904

About the author

James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays.

The son of a weaver, Barrie studied at the University of Edinburgh. He took up journalism for a newspaper in Nottingham and contributed to various London journals before moving there in 1885. His early Auld Licht Idylls (1889) and A Window in Thrums (1889) contain fictional sketches of Scottish life representative of the Kailyard school. The publication of The Little Minister (1891) established his reputation as a novelist. During the next decade, Barrie continued to write novels, but gradually, his interest turned towards the theatre.

In London, he met Llewelyn Davies, who inspired him about magical adventures of a baby boy in gardens of Kensington, included in The Little White Bird, then to a "fairy play" about this ageless adventures of an ordinary girl, named Wendy, in the setting of Neverland. People credited this best-known play with popularizing Wendy, the previously very unpopular name, and quickly overshadowed his previous, and he continued successfully.

Following the deaths of their parents, Barrie unofficially adopted the boys. He gave the rights to great Ormond street hospital, which continues to benefit.

Reviews

[Erasmia Kritikou · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Περιμένεις οτι θα φύγω μαζί σου; Δεν μπορώ να έρθω, έχω ξεχάσει πως να πετάω"
"Θα σε μάθω ξανά Γουέντυ!"
"Ω, Πήτερ, μη σπαταλάς τη νεραιδόσκονη πάνω μου!"

Είχε σηκωθεί. Και τώρα επιτέλους τον πλημμύρισε ο φόβος. "Τι είναι;" φώναξε οπισθοχωρώντας.
"Θα δυναμώσω το φώς", του είπε, "και τότε θα δείς μόνος σου"

Απ' ότι ξέρω, για σχεδόν πρώτη και μοναδική φορά στη ζωή του, ο Πήτερ φοβήθηκε. "Μη δυναμώνεις το φως!" φώναξε.
Κι εκείνη άφησε τα χέρια της να ν' ανακατέψουν τρυφερά τα μαλλιά του τραγικού αγοριού. Δεν ήταν πια ένα κοριτσάκι του οποίου η καρδιά είχε ραγίσει γι αυτόν. Ήταν μια μεγάλη γυναίκα που χαμογελούσε με όλα αυτά, αλλά τα μάτια της ήταν βουρκωμένα.

Αναγκάστηκε να του το πεί "Μεγάλωσα Πήτερ, δες"
δυνάμωσε το φως και ο Πήτερ είδε. Έβγαλε μια πονεμένη κραυγή
"Υποσχέθηκες ότι δε θα μεγάλωνες!"

"Δεν μπορούσα να το αποφύγω"

(απο τον επίλογο του βιβλίου)
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Ένα αριστούργημα αλληγορικό, σχεδόν μια παραβολή, ένα λογοτεχνικό διαμάντι που πέρασε το τεστ του Χρόνου, επιβίωσε θριαμβευτικά κι έμεινε Κλασσικό, ένα έργο γραμμένο στις αρχές του 1900, που λατρεύτηκε (όχι μόνο) από παιδιά, κυρίως μάλλον από Χαμένα Παιδιά. Ανθρώπους που κράτησαν ζωντανό το παιδί μέσα τους.
Το αυθεντικό κείμενο του Τζέιμς Μπάρυ (και όχι κάποια αμφιβόλου ποιότητος συντομευμένη διασκευή για μικρούς) είναι γεμάτο αλληγορίες και φιλοσοφική διάθεση, ροπή προς την νουθεσία αλλά χωρίς να γίνεται ποτέ δογματικό - με λεπτό, φλεγματικό, υποδόριο χιούμορ -όπως μόνο οι Βρετανοί ξέρουν- συγκινητικό χωρίς να ποτέ να γίνεται δακρύβρεχτο, περιπετειώδες και κωμικό, υπερβατικό αλλά στα ανθρώπινα πλαίσια, και γεμάτο νοσταλγία για την δική μας χαμένη νιότη.

Το διάβασα όλο φωναχτά - στα αγόρια μου - και όχι λίγες στιγμές, ένιωθα αυτό τον κόμπο της συγκίνησης ν' ανεβαίνει στο λαιμό. Ο μεγάλος μου γιος πάλι δεν μπορούσε να κοιμηθεί μετά από το τέλος των κεφαλαίων, είχε εστιάσει στην περιπέτεια που τον είχε συνεπάρει - πειρατές, ερυθρόδερμοι, κροκόδειλοι ανθρωποφάγοι, γοργόνες και νεράιδες, Χαμένα Παιδιά και Χώρα του Ποτέ- Ποτέ- "Ωωω σταματάει τα κεφάλαια πάντα πάνω στην αγωνία!"

Ένα πολυεπίπεδο βιβλίο όπως αρμόζει στα Μεγάλα Κλασσικά, με πάμπολλες αναγνώσεις και ποικίλους συμβολισμούς, ένα έργο για τη ζωή, και πως την "παίρνουμε", σωστά ή λάθος, κατά την Σεφερική, ας πούμε έννοια, ένα έργο ζωής, ένα έργο που πέρασε στην αθανασία τον Τζ. Μπάρι και άφησε όλους εμάς, τα παιδιά που κάπου χάθηκαν και ξέχασαν να πετάνε, λίγο πιο τυχερούς και λίγο πιο πλούσιους.

Κατά την ταπεινή μου γνώμη, τα πέντε αστέρια είναι λίγα, πολύ λίγα για ένα τέτοιο μεγαλούργημα.
Το απόλαυσα. Ίσως και λίγο περισσότερο κι απ' τα παιδιά μου.
(κι όταν τα έβαζα για ύπνο, κρυφά διάβαζα και λίγο ακόμη παρακάτω :)
Αφού όντως το σταματούσε πάνω στην αγωνία!)

[Grace Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I feel like it doesn't matter whether you know all about Peter Pan or not, or if you prefer the play over the book or the book over the movie adaptation. I had not read this since I was 11 but I was still surprised over and over, by Barrie's unbelievable style and way with words, and by the darkness that soaks the lines at times, reflecting Barrie's personal life and demons. I think this is my favorite children's book ever, first and foremost because it strikes a cord with me regarding family ties and family dynamics. And the ending, that ending... I cry every time.

[MK]

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From the description:

Content:
1. The Little White Bird (1902)
2. Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904)- The Play
3. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906)
4. When Wendy Grew Up (1908)
5. Peter and Wendy (1911)- The Novel
6. The Peter Pan alphabet (1907) by Oliver Herford
7. The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the Fairy Play (1915) by Daniel O'connor

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Reviews:

5. Peter and Wendy (1911)- The Novel
(book: ****; audible: *****)
(Read from 10/14/18 - 12/02/18;
review posted at this book, read that edition, not the novel included in this collection ... )

My review, and notes prior to reading, are located with my Kindle edition review.

BUT, the narration by Karen Cass is flat out wonderful, and deserves a word, and an extra star!, of its own.

I replayed the audible multiple times, just because I enjoyed her narration so very much. I'm sure I'll listen to it again. It's that good :).

2. Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904) - The Play
(book: ****)
(Read from 12/19/18 - 12/21/18;
review posted at this book, to keep track of individual books read ... )

The story was different in some parts from the story in the book Peter and Wendy, which Barrie wrote later, fleshing out the story in the play a bit more. But he also changed some parts, like whether or not Peter was wounded during the fight with Hook in the lagoon (yes in the story, imaginary wounded in the play), and a few other things.

The most interesting parts of the the play, were the author's notes in the 'Dedication to the Five', at the front of the book, and at the beginning of each Act, describing and detailing what he recalled about the writing of the play, and how the character Peter Pan was born, and developed.

One funny note was about the fairy dust needed to make flight possible :D. Barrie said he had to add that to the play at the request of several parents (I think he said mothers), because children were injuring themselves trying to fly out of bed. lol ...

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Still to Read:

1. The Little White Bird (1902)
3. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906)
4. When Wendy Grew Up (1908)
6. The Peter Pan alphabet (1907) by Oliver Herford
7. The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the Fairy Play (1915) by Daniel O'connor

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[SHARLENE (MyBookishBehaviour) · Rating 5 out of 5]

audible version
5/5 stars 💭

This is a classic and a reread for me. This time I thought I'd try out the audible version and I'm glad I did. 🎧🐊 Even though I know all the details to this story by heart now, choosing to listen to the audio book version added an element of newness (that's not a word but you know what I mean😂)

[Nyssa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm just not enjoying this at all.

[Hudson Christmas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Childhood only happens once. And it is a time of sweet innocence, vast imagination, and a constant curiosity. This book channels that completely. The copy I read contained Peter Pan (aka Peter and Wendy) and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Both are good but Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is a weaker albeit shorter story than Peter Pan.

What makes Peter Pan so memorable and good? It's childlike approach to life and adventure. From the constant fourth wall breaks by the author to the explanations of life that would only make sense to a child, Peter Pan reminds me of a time where the pool was a mighty ocean and the yard was an Amazonian jungle. It's two greatest strengths are it's imaginative look at the world and its quick and witty plot. While Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens leans much more heavily on the imaginative look at the world rather than the plot (which proves to be its greatest weakness) both stories are still so pure and fun that they are worth reading.

Peter Pan himself is an interesting character to say the least. One moment he can't get enough of an activity, and the next moment he's forgotten everything about it. While at some points he is portrayed as a cold, uncaring individual, overall he is seen as a good-natured child who never grows up.

All in all, this book was a delight to read. Rarely do I spend some time reading something that is made to dazzle the minds of children. It was refreshing to see the world in a perspective that is so pure and innocent and fun-loving. If I ever have children this will be a book I will read to them.

[Lolle · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Take the second star to the right and straight on 'til morning!"
- Peter Pan

I have always been somewhat amazed by the story of the boy who would never grow up and I have watched several movies based on J.M. Barrie's magnus opus and seen the Broadway musical "Neverland" twice, but I had not - until this day - sat down to read the original fairytale. Having done so now, I can without hesitation say that it was worth my while.

What I found most fascinating about "Peter Pan" was that it has such a widespread audience - it's equally suitable and lovable for children as well as adults. Finding myself somewhere between those categories, I absolutely adored being a part of Peter's, Wendy's and The Lost Boys' "extraordinarily big adventure" in Neverland.


In other words; I was completely HOOK-ed ;)

[afiqah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story will always, always, always breaks me. Always.

'Peter Pan' itself broke me a few years ago when I first read it. This time around, I decided to try and read the play version by Barrie. It honestly didn't give me a strong impact as it did with the novel version (because I feel that the latter has more depth in terms of the characters and plot), but I still cried like a baby at the end of this play. When Wendy has grown up and Peter forgets her but for a moment there was that feeling again towards each other that never really goes away, ugh I can literally hear my heart breaks into tiny glasses. The ending part will always be implanted as a significant scene in my mind, forever.

[Gabriela · Rating 2 out of 5]

Creo que es una historia que uno debería leer de niño. Me parecio ingenua por momentos y egoista siempre. Algunas frases y juegos de palabras interesantes pero nada más.

P.D: Entiendo que los valores de la época eran diferentes pero la crítica feminista e interpretación psicoanálitica salta a la vista.

[Niamh Dyson · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good read for anyone who, like me, is a fan of the movies. In some places this book is a little uncomfortably strange... Peter can be quite a vile character in places, and very dark sometimes. Some of this strangeness could be accounted for by the fact that the stories included were published between 1902-1911 possibly?...

[Jody KL · Rating 3 out of 5]

Never mind the derogatory names that are horrible and cringey to read now, the book is a bit different tone than what I grew up thinking of the story from the Broadway show and Disney (though not surprising). I think what cracked me up the most was Tinker bell's dialogue throughout the book. It definitely had a darker tone in all, but not as dark as what I had heard. I can't quite figure out the portrayal of Pan in terms of what it means from the stance of certain character flaws and lack of growth. Overall an interesting book worth reading for its period significance.

[Gizzard · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is for the first story only. Couldn't find it on goodreads. 😕 interesting fantasy with some satire thrown in. Another classic read through the Serial Reader app. (That app gets 5 stars.)

[Barb Middleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

A third grade student came up to me this morning, "Do you have books on dragons? Mine, ran away this morning." "It did? What's its name?" I asked. "I don't know. It ran away. It's invisible and only I can see it. It's a bronze dragon." J.M. Barrie's book is a nostalgic look at childhood imagination that I get to interact with everyday in a school working with young kids. However, Barrie's Victorian narrator of "Peter Pan," has a satirical adult tone that contrasts with the play of children. "On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles. We too have been there; we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more."

The beginning of the novel shows that the Darlings are poor and Mr. Darling absurdly cares more about keeping up with his neighbors and maintaining appearances - to the point that he hires a dog for a nurse rather than not have one. Mrs. Darling loves her children and as the "custom of every good mother" she puts them to bed and replaces their naughty thoughts with good ones. Peter Pan enjoys secretly flying to the Darlings' window and listening to Mrs. Darling tell stories to her three children, Wendy, Michael, and Jon. He decides he wants a mother and sprinkles fairy dust on the three Darling kids so Wendy can fulfill the roll in Neverland.

Tinkerbell, a fairy, likes Peter Pan and is jealous of his fascination with Wendy. She tries to get the lost boys to shoot Wendy with arrows as she arrives in the magical place of Neverland. Wendy lives and pretends to be a mom to the boys tucking them in at night and reading stories. Meanwhile, the evil but buffoonish Captain Hook is bent on kidnapping Wendy for himself and his crew of pirates. He wants a mother too. He succeeds until Peter Pan rescues Wendy and battles Captain Hook. Wendy and her brothers return to their parents and she returns to Neverland to do spring cleaning for Peter Pan until he forgets about her.

In a scene where George is being hypocritical toward his son that doesn't want to take medicine, he takes it out on Nana by refusing to let her sleep in the kids room. Nana spends the nights in the three kids bedroom because Mrs. Darling knows that it protects them from Peter Pan. When Wendy hugs Nana to prevent him from putting her in the doghouse, George yells about not getting any attention. George "craves admiration" and wants to be known. In an ironic twist, George eventually gets media attention when he decides to sleep in Nana's doghouse until the missing children are found.

I found the Victorian narrator slowed down the pace and was irritating, but it is what gives the satirical tone. Peter Pan represents Romanticism and Barrie's desire for a simple past. Peter Pan is cocky and selfish, who doesn't want to grow up nor have responsibilities. Wendy is in love with him but he is incapable of loving anyone but himself. His pretend world is his reality where "lovely thoughts" are the impetus for flying. He is asexual and refuses to constrain his imagination, getting whatever he wants, and not connected to any love for other people or fairies. In this context Barrie subverts the notion of childhood as a way to attack common adult values and conventions. Peter Pan is a happy uncivilized anarchist and paradoxically admired and good. I like the odd Victorian writers, but this was not a favorite mainly because of the narrator. You'll have to decide for yourself.

By the way, Artur Rackham's gorgeous illustrations are in this edition.

[Nuemiel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Además del cuento original, que lo podemos leer tanto en novela como en obra de teatro, encontramos el relato El pajarillo blanco, también conocido por el título Peter Pan en los Jardines de Kensington.

Leí primero el relato, donde somos testigos de cómo el Capitán Solo relata a David, un niño cariñoso que lo tiene en tan alta estima hasta el punto de llamarlo "padre", la historia de cómo conoció a su madre. Todo ello combinando realidad y fantasía con el exquisito y característico estilo inglés; nunca me canso de esta época victoriana.
El Capitán es uno de esos hombres que se muestran fríos, estrictamente educados y molestos por la alegría y penurias de los demás. Pero en el fondo sí le interesan sus pormenores diarios y, desde la distancia, procura ayudarlos con sus problemas. Se trata de ese tipo de persona que, en un principio, encontramos detestable, pero poco a poco se va ganando la simpatía del lector hasta el punto de convertirse en el personaje favorito.
Por un lado la historia es entretenida e interesante, pero por otro, no veía qué relación tenía con el cuento de Peter Pan, así que mi inquietud fue aumentando a medida que avanzaba la historia. Por suerte, hacia la mitad todo se desvela y nos explican por qué Peter puede volar desde bebé y por qué no tiene madre y fue criado por las hadas.

A continuación tenemos el cuento original. No sabía que primero tuvo el título Peter Pan y Wendy, y más tarde lo abreviaron. Nada más empezar, no pude evitar imaginarme los personajes con el aspecto de los actores de la película Peter Pan (2003). Es una adaptación cuidada con mucho mimo con escenas y conversaciones calcadas del cuento.

Peter Pan es una joya literaria adorada tanto por niños como por adultos. En general, me encanta el estilo del autor y cómo juega con las contradicciones. Por ejemplo, nos explica que el Sr. Darling es un hombre serio siempre preocupado por "el qué dirán" y, sin embargo, no le importa tener un perro como niñera criando a sus hijos. O cuando Garfio, el pirata más cruel y temido de todos los tiempos, no te raja por la mitad si demuestras tener una exquisita educación.

El cuento está repleto de metáforas y meditaciones sobre la vida. En función de los años y la experiencia que tengas, no captas las mismas enseñanzas. Hay momentos emotivos, de aventuras y gran imaginación con juegos y bromas donde Peter es la encarnación de la infancia y representa la alegría por jugar, correr, saltar, trepar, cantar... Todos esos capítulos los leí con mucha nostalgia por la infancia perdida.
Sin embargo, hay algo que me indignó muchísimo en el cuento: el mágico momento de “yo creo en las hadas” es una auténtica mier**. Dan un par de palmadas y Campanilla se cura, ¿pero qué timo es este?

En general, fue una delicia leer este libro porque es refrescante ver el mundo desde una perspectiva tan pura, inocente y amante de la diversión. Si alguna vez tengo hijos, estoy segura de que les leeré este cuento.

Por último (esto no tiene que ver con lo dicho anteriormente) me preocupa bastante que una edición especial como ésta tenga tantas erratas y todas ellas concentradas en el cuento Peter y Wendy. Me parecía algo raro así que consulté el nombre del traductor y resulta que hay dos, uno para cada cuento, así que es fácil deducir que uno de ellos tenía demasiada prisa como para hacer su trabajo en condiciones...

Saludos ;)

RESEÑA COMPLETA: http://nuemiel-mundos.blogspot.com/20...

[Felicity Terry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comprising not just the story of 'Peter and Wendy' in their adventures in Neverland with which many of us will be familiar but also the story of Peter as a baby in 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens'. This Alma addition also includes the script of the original play ('Peter Pan OR The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up') along with bonus material for young readers which includes information on the author, the characters, other literary characters who can fly, a quiz and a glossary.

Of course like generations of people I've seen the various movie adaptations, I've even read several of the spin-off books that have resulted from them but it is only now that I've come to know the original 1911 story by J.M. Barrie and I have to say its one of my favourite reads of 2015.

A nanny who just so happens to be a dog, children who can fly, imaginary foods, mermaids, pirates, a crocodile AND fairies. This really is the sort of story that no matter what your age is magical. A timeless classic that feeds the imagination. The sort of story that as a child is wonderfully adventure filled and yet the sort of story that as an adult leaves you feeling nostalgic, reminding you of what it is to be young and living life to the utmost.

Funny and yet incredibly sad. Despite being familiar with the ending to read Barrie's actual words moved me in a way that no other version, be it book or film, ever has.

But what of the story of the seven-day-old Peter in Kensington Gardens? Published in 1906 though it was in fact published as part of larger book for adults before the 1904 play.

Whilst interesting to read the less well known Peter In Kensington Gardens which did go some way to explaining the school-age Peter Pan of Peter And Wendy I'm afraid for me it didn't hold the same magical appeal as the story set in Neverland and at times seemed a bit, well patchy - perhaps as a result of it originally being part of a larger book?

As is usually the case far better than any movie adaptation (and that includes my personal favourite, Hook starring Robin Williams) this is a story that will appeal not only to children but also the child in all of us.

Copyright: Tracy Terry @ Pen and Paper.
Disclaimer: Read and reviewed on behalf of the publishers, Alma Books, no financial compensation was asked for nor given.

[Jeremiah Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've been a fan of Peter Pan for as long as I can remember. I grew up watching the Disney cartoon and an adaptation of the play we had recorded on VHS. I don't know why I never thought to read this book until now.

There are three stories in the collection. (Apparently other versions have more, but this is the Kindle edition I have.)
The first, Peter & Wendy, is what we all know as Peter Pan. The action is far more brutal than any adaptation I've seen, Michael even kills pirates. Peter's character is a lot more shallow than he is in later works also. I think it makes sense for someone that never grows up, but I do like the progression of his character we get outside this book. There were little parts in the movie Hook that I always thought were out of place. After reading this, I can see that they were very true to the original source material which made me appreciate that movie even more.
Overall, this was a fun read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. 5 stars.

The second store is Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. I don't know why this is included separate since it just an excerpt from the final story. That said, I really struggled with this one. I felt that the author was high and writing stream of conscious thoughts. It was very hard to follow and didn't add anything worthwhile to the mythos of Peter. 2 stars.

The final story is The Little White Bird. This was a train wreck of epic proportions. We start off not having a clue who or what is being talked about. Then we slowly realize that the narrator in the story is a stalker, bigot, and possible pedophile. This guy would be arrested in a heartbeat in this day and age, and rightly so. If the character is loosely based on Barrie himself, then Barrie was not a good person. He is completely pompous and full of himself, and there is absolutely nothing redeeming about him. The writing in this novel was incredibly hard to follow at times. There is also nothing at all about Peter Pan in it except for the six chapters that were taken out for the Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens story. I don't feel it should have been included in this collection unless the collection was a complete works of J.M. Barrie instead of the complete Peter Pan. 1 star.

[Mark NP · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's difficult to interpret Peter Pan as anything but a tragic character: a boy so doomed as to remain a child forever, and yet one who will never understand why this makes the others around him so sad. The darker subtexts of this story are compelling. Peter's inability to love the women in his life is intricately bound with his own mother's rejection of him. The cruelty of grown men is inversely mirrored by the callousness of the lost boys and Peter himself. And the strangeness of the symbolism! Thimbles, fairies, and shadows all take on meanings far greater than the objects themselves suggest, and allow the careful reader to peer into the fantastical mind of the author, J.M. Barrie. Of course, one could read the stories about Neverland as mere adventures and take as much pleasure as an in-depth analysis yields. Indeed, for younger readers, this is probably the best way to go about enjoying a book ostensibly about pirates, Indians, and mermaids. They can spend time pulling the text apart once they get a bit older.

For the reader interested in Barrie's complete works, this edition also contains his novel The Little White Bird, which first introduced the character of Peter Pan in the context of a story he tells to his favorite young friend, David. The Little White Bird is not a story for children. It is about the narrator's detached longings to become part of a family too late in life, and aside from the mention of Peter Pan it would not hold the interest of a young audience for long. Instead, this book provides fodder for someone who is looking for insight into the author's unique perspectives on the nature of friendships, relationships, and the fear of growing old.

[Layal souss · Rating 2 out of 5]

بيتر بان
جيمس ماثيو باري
ترجمة: بثينة الإبراهيم
دار الرافدين
منشورات تكوين
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بيتر بان, رواية تندرج في إطار كتب المراهقة, وقد تم تحويلها إلى فيلم كرتوني من إنتاج شركة ديزني.
الكتاب لا يختلف في أحداثه كثيراً عن الفيلم وهو ما أزعجني قليلاً,
لكنه سلّط الضوء على المشاعر البشرية بتفاصيل الخير والشر.
يروي الكتاب قصة بيتر بان الطفل (الذي يشبه الكثيرين منا ) الذي يرفض أن يكبر
يلتقي بوندي وأخويها حيث يخوضون جميعاً مغامرة رائعة في نيفرلاند مع الجنية الصغيرة تينكر بيل.
لا يخلو الكتاب من النصائح, كحسّ المغامرة و أهمية الأسرة والحب والغيرة التي تولد الحقد....
بيتر بان تم تحويله إلى فيلم من جزئين عام 1953 و عام 2002.
مع الإشارة إلى أن الكتاب قد اختلف عن الفيلم – الجزء الأول في النهاية ولكنه اعطى لمحة عن الفيلم-الجزء الثاني.
أنصح بقراءته للأشخاص في عمر المراهقة

[Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I expect that most of us are familiar with the story of Peter Pan, I know that I discovered the Disney version way before I actually read the book! I'm not a huge classics reader, but I do love some of the children's classics and Peter Pan is a favourite. This newly published edition is just beautiful and has the added bonus of stories that I'd not come across before. We find the tiny baby Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, it's really lovely to read and sets the background for the more famous story in Neverland.

This lovely book would make a fabulous Christmas present and also has extra information for young readers, as well as the stage version.

[Ag · Rating 5 out of 5]

Charming story. I just don't know if my favourite version is the novel or the play.

4/11/2017
I decided to re-read this to remember some details because I'll soon go see it as a play.
I think I like the book slightly better, but if the play I am going to see is accurately adapted, I cannot wait for it ^^

[Kirsty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really lovely edition of a story I have adored for as long as I can remember.

[Cheryl DeFranceschi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really loved reading this- I can't believe it took me 56 years to do so.

[Micah Lewter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting to read the original

This volume is a three-in-one collection that includes three Peter Pan stories, sort of. The first book, “The Little White Bird” is the first novel to mention Peter Pan. It’s not a children’s novel; it’s a novel hard to describe. 


The second book, “Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens,” is a useless novel. It’s only most of the chapters in the first book recollected as its own novel. I say “most” of the chapters because it leaves one of the chapters out. Beyond the removal of the final Pan chapter in “White Bird,” there is a reordering of the chapters. Perhaps you only notice the change if you read “Bird,” but it does affect the flow. It also leaves in references to one of the main characters of the first novel, but does not explain his role. Thus, if you never read the first one, you would be at a loss for this character’s name. 


The third novel, “Peter Pan and Wendy” is a novelized version of the author’s play, and it contains the familiar Peter Pan story that was made into a Disney animated movie. Captain Hook, Wendy, Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the ticking crocodile, and the canine nanny all make their appearance. As far as I remember the Disney movie, it follows the story pretty well. But the novel is more violent, and Tinker Bell is a bit foul-mouthed. If you’ve seen the movie “Hook,” the Tinker Bell in that movie echoes this novel with her words to the adult Peter in one scene. 


Of the three, the first one is my favorite. “Bird” is hard to describe. It’s not a child’s novel, as the third one is. It’s a difficult novel to describe. It follows a single man who develops a fixation on a young couple from their courtship through the birth of two children, but always from a distance. Intermixed between the overall story are several short stories, of which Peter’s narrative is one. The narrator has an ironic voice, often following an insult with a good gesture. In a culture familiar with Law & Order: SVU, the story is a bit unsettling, but there is no hint of sexual predation.

Overall, the collection is good. I’m not sure the second one is really worth reading, unless you read it on its own. But given the missing chapter, it doesn’t stand on its own well. 

[Socrate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Toţi copiii cresc mari, în afară de unul. Ei află foarte devreme că vor creşte mari, aşa cum s-a întâmplat şi cu Wendy. Avea numai doi ani când, jucându-se într-o zi în parc, mai rupse o floare şi fugi să i-o dea mamei. Cred că avea o mutrişoară atât de încântătoare, încât doamna Darling îşi duse mâna la inimă şi exclamă: „Of, de ce nu poţi să rămâi mereu aşa mică?” Mai multe nu prea vorbiră ele pe tema asta, dar de atunci Wendy ştiu că trebuie să crească mare. Toţi ştiu după ce împlinesc doi ani. Doi ani înseamnă începutul sfârşitului.

Bineînţeles, locuiau la numărul 14, şi până să vină Wendy pe lume, mama ei era persoana cea mai importantă. Era o doamnă drăguţă, avea o imaginaţie romantică şi o guriţa dulce, cu un zâmbet ironic. Imaginaţia ei romantică semăna cu acele cutiuţe din misteriosul Orient, astfel băgate una în alta, încât oricâte ai deschide, descoperi mereu încă una; iar guriţa ei cu surâs ironic ţinea un sărut pe care Wendy nu-l putea culege, deşi se afla acolo, în colţul drept, şi nu aveai cum să nu-l vezi.

Iată cum i-a cucerit inima domnul Darling: odată deveniţi domni, toţi băieţii care o cunoşteau de când era mică descoperiră în acelaşi timp că sunt îndrăgostiţi de ea şi dădură fuga până la ea acasă să-i ceară mâna, toţi în afară de domnul Darling, care luă taxiul şi ajunse înaintea celorlalţi, şi se alese cu un „da”. Doamna Darling îi dărui totul, în afară de ultima cutiuţă şi de sărutul din colţul gurii. De cutiuţă nu află niciodată, iar la sărut renunţă cu timpul. Wendy credea că doar Napoleon ar fi putut obţine acel sărut ― mi-l şi închipui încercând să-l ia, apoi luând-o la fugă, mistuit de pasiune şi trântind uşa în urma lui.

[LibrosBAndino · Rating 3 out of 5]

Peter Pan

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/5
Páginas: 201
Autor: J.M. Barrie
Editorial/Sello: Alma clásicos ilustrados

🧚🏻‍♀️ Leí este clásico como parte de un reto personal que me propuse este año. Esta edición es hermosa. Un libro corto, fácil de leer.

🧚🏻‍♀️ No conocía la historia de Peter Pan y tengo que decir que después de leer este libro estoy confundida. Yo pensé que Peter era totalmente diferente a como lo describe este libro. Peter puede ser un personaje bastante oscuro, cruel, agresivo, que solo piensa en él, pero defiende al débil, un personaje contradictorio.

🧚🏻‍♀️ Campañista también me sorprendió, ahora cuando pienso en ella no la veo como una inocente hada 🙄

🧚🏻‍♀️ Es un libro para niños, bueno, yo no estoy de acuerdo con esto, pero como adulta disfruté la historia, especialmente las últimas páginas.

Lo recomiendo, ¡claro que sí!

[Andrea · Rating 1 out of 5]

The Complete Peter Pan edition contains the novel Peter and Wendy, the six chapters from The Little White Bird that go under the title of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and the 1904 play Peter Pan; and, let me say, the whole thing was painfully boring.

I despised everything of it: the plot, the characters and not the least Barrie's style; his upper-middle-class use of the language is irritating to unimaginable degrees and, at times, it is just unnecessarily wordy and complex. I only managed to finish this book because I was dragged on from page to page by a free youtube audiobook version: if someone else hadn't done the reading for me, I would have soon dropped the book (no wonder it took me two years to finish it!).

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[Bryan Szabo · Rating 4 out of 5]

What to say about this children's classic that hasn't been said already? It's every bit as charming as one might expect it to be who (like this reviewer) has only encountered Disney's version of the story. Barrie's Peter is more roguish and violent than his animated likeness, but this is perhaps more consistent with a perpetually impatient and selfish pre-adolescent. PP in Kensington Gardens was a disappointment, it being an imaginative rollick seemingly without purpose (though it does tell us why Peter gets on so well with the birds in Neverland). All but the most ardent PanFans are advised to skip it entirely.

[CJ Jones · Rating 2 out of 5]

I finally surrendered after the ninth chapter of The Little White Bird, an interminable story about how much an old man doesn't love a certain young lady and tells her six year old son the plodding story. Includes some twee folklore about how all the birds in Kensington Gardens are babies waiting to be born, and there are bars on the nursery windows to prevent them trying to fly home before they forget they were birds. Because of course everybody has a nursery, and a nanny to take the children to the Gardens.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dreamy and dry in turns, and fascinatingly vague—it’s often impossible to tell when the allegory for child’s imaginary play ends and reality begins (especially since they are usually portrayed as one and the same). The novel also features short but alarming dashes of English imperialism, along with intense anti-indigenous racism. A fascinating text for academic readings (oodles to say about constructions of history, childhood, gender, and heteronormativity), but not one I would have enjoyed as a child, or enjoy uncritically now. 

[Wilma Monica · Rating 3 out of 5]

My copy has
Peter Pan and Wendy
Peter Pan in Kensington Garden
Peter Pan (Play)

Decided to stop reading PeterPan in Kesington Garden because it's very sad and I don't like it. That a child forcefully be separated with his mom. It's cruel and I couldn't comprehend it any more.

I've already quite taken back with the real story of Peter Pan and Wendy, that I realize this "before the Wendy" story isn't my thing. So I'll just stop. Probably later on when I'm quite mature enough. Probably..