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Peter Pan [MinaLima Edition]: lllustrated with Interactive Elements
256 pages, Unknown Binding
Published November 3, 2022
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J.M. Barrie
2,386 books2,228 followersJames 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.
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.
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January 23, 2024
Esta edición inglesa de Harper ilustrada por Miraphora Mina y Eduardo Lima me ha devuelto a la infancia. Aunque es la tercera vez que leo el libro, esta versión inglesa me ha hecho disfrutarlo mucho más. Puede ser que porque haya tenido que leerla con más detalle. Quitando que el autor es heredero de pensamientos machistas que hoy nos llaman la atención la historia, llena de imaginación es genial y el capítulo final de vida adulta es sencillamente magistral y con muchas lecciones para enseñar.
December 30, 2025
3.5⭐️ Wow the Disney animated movie is very different from the book and it's very interesting to read what the movie was based on. Things got a little confusing for me with the language being used but I will say it was very magical and whimsical and overall just a really fun read!
December 14, 2025
I don't usually love classics, but this was an absolutely charming and weird read!
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