"Barrie wrote his fantasy of childhood, added another figure to our
enduring literature, and thereby undoubtedly made one of the boldest
bids for immortality of any writer. . . It is a masterpiece." -J. B.
Priestley.
"Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything
in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it." ― J.M. Barrie,
Peter Pan.
"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able
to do it." ― J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan
"Wendy," Peter Pan continued in a voice that no woman has ever yet been
able to resist, "Wendy, one girl is more use than twenty boys." ― J.M.
Barrie, Peter Pan.
J. M Barrie created Peter Pan, a mischievous boy who could fly, but
who never grew up. Ever since, children, and many wistful adults, have
loved his irrepressible spirit and his adventures in magical Neverland
with Wendy and the lost boys, Tinkerbell, fairies, mermaids, "Indians"
and pirates, including Captain Hook. The story has been remade in almost
every form-pantomimes, musicals, stage plays, cartoon, picture books,
easy readers and, of course, Hollywood adaptations.
Peter Pan and Wendy is the book that inspired it all. It will capture
the imagination of any child who loves adventure, fantasy, and magic.
The well-developed characters, highly original plot, humour and irony
will also delight adults. Peter Pan and Wendy has often been called the
finest children's story of all time.
This edition contains the frontispiece and all F. D. Benson's original
illustrations.
J. M. Barrie (Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1860-1937) was a Scottish
dramatist and novelist. Barrie, who retained a childlike spirit
throughout life, wished to recapture his happy early childhood in
literature. Walking in Kensington Gardens, London, he met the two young
Llewelyn Davies brothers, and their youngest sibling, Peter, and told
them stories about the imaginary adventures of baby Peter in Peter. He
later recorded the stories and, in time, became the boys' guardian.
Today J. M. Barrie is best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan, the
boy who never grew up.
F. D. Bedford (1864-1954) was a British artist who illustrated
numerous books, most notably this edition of Peter Pan.
