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The Peter Pan Collection: Peter Pan and Wendy, and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
“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.
“Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens dishes up a potent local myth, one that even now endows that park with magic.”—Michael Newton, The Guardian.
“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 for ever 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 been so delighted by his spirit and adventures in the magical Neverland with Wendy and the lost boys, Tinkerbell, fairies, mermaids, “Indians” and pirates, including Captain Hook, that the story has been remade in every form—pantomimes, musicals, stage plays, cartoon, picture books, easy readers and, of course, Hollywood adaptations.
Here then is The Peter Pan Collection : Peter Pan and Wendy, and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens -- the two books that inspired it all. This edition contains all the original illustrations by F. D. Benson and Arthur Rackham. There are 65 large illustrations, as well as many small ones in the chapter headings. Peter Pan and Wendy is also simply known as Peter Pan .
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 years in literature. Walking in Kensington Gardens, 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 Kensington Gardens. He later wrote down the stories and, in time, became the boys’ guardian. Today 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 .
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) was a leading artist during the Golden Age of British book illustration. Kensington gardens are still laid out as Arthur Rackham’s map shows, and many landmarks are recognizable in his illustrations. His fame spread to America with his colour illustrations for Rip Van Winkle . Rackham’s work is famous for capturing the spirit of each story he illustrates.
“Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens dishes up a potent local myth, one that even now endows that park with magic.”—Michael Newton, The Guardian.
“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 for ever 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 been so delighted by his spirit and adventures in the magical Neverland with Wendy and the lost boys, Tinkerbell, fairies, mermaids, “Indians” and pirates, including Captain Hook, that the story has been remade in every form—pantomimes, musicals, stage plays, cartoon, picture books, easy readers and, of course, Hollywood adaptations.
Here then is The Peter Pan Collection : Peter Pan and Wendy, and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens -- the two books that inspired it all. This edition contains all the original illustrations by F. D. Benson and Arthur Rackham. There are 65 large illustrations, as well as many small ones in the chapter headings. Peter Pan and Wendy is also simply known as Peter Pan .
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 years in literature. Walking in Kensington Gardens, 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 Kensington Gardens. He later wrote down the stories and, in time, became the boys’ guardian. Today 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 .
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) was a leading artist during the Golden Age of British book illustration. Kensington gardens are still laid out as Arthur Rackham’s map shows, and many landmarks are recognizable in his illustrations. His fame spread to America with his colour illustrations for Rip Van Winkle . Rackham’s work is famous for capturing the spirit of each story he illustrates.
214 pages, Hardcover
Published March 4, 2023
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J.M. Barrie
2,372 books2,245 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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