Name: The Peter Pan Collection: Peter Pan and Wendy, and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (65 illustrations. Unabridged.) (in English)
Price: 8.99 USD
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Author: Barrie, J. M. ; Rackham, Arthur ; Benson, F. D.
ISBN: 9781789433654

portada The Peter Pan Collection: Peter Pan and Wendy, and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (65 illustrations. Unabridged.) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

J. M. Barrie

Publisher

Benediction Classics

Language

English

Pages

214

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.4 x 15.6 x 1.2 cm

Weight

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9781789433654

Synopsis "The Peter Pan Collection: Peter Pan and Wendy, and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (65 illustrations. Unabridged.) (in English)"

"Barrie wrote his fantasy of childhood, added another figure to our enduring literature . . . 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.

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J.M. Barrie (Kirriemuir, Escocia, 1860 - Londres, 1937) fue un escritor y dramaturgo escocés conocido especialmente por ser el creador de Peter Pan. Nacido en el seno de una familia de artesanos de escasos recursos, tuvo una infancia feliz hasta que la muerte de un hermano, cuando él contaba apenas seis años de edad, alteró profundamente la vida familiar y trastornó la salud mental de su madre, que se convirtió en una persona desequilibrada, autoritaria e inflexible, cuya influencia y recuerdo pesó para siempre sobre James. El principal anhelo de Barrie durante el resto de su vida fue recuperar la felicidad de sus primeros años y mantuvo siempre un matiz infantil en su personalidad. En Londres alcanzó la fama con sus novelas y obras de teatro. Además, fue allí donde conoció a los hijos de la familia Llewelyn Davies, fuente de inspiración para escribir Peter Pan, la obra de teatro sobre un chico que no quería crecer y sobre Wendy, su compañera de aventuras en Nunca Jamás. Años más tarde la convirtió en novela: Peter y Wendy fue un auténtico fenómeno en la era eduardiana, la Belle Époque británica que aunó los años de inocencia, hedonismo y despreocupación previos a la primera guerra mundial.

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