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The Complete Peter Pan: Unabridged Omnibus Edition Including Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, When Wendy Grew Up, and More
The Complete Peter Pan celebrates Peter Pan in his many delightful incarnations and adventures. All of J. M. Barrie’s original Peter Pan works are included in this comprehensive volume from the original plays to the novels readers the world over have come to love and cherish.
Included in this comprehensive Peter Pan anthology are the following
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, first published in 1906, is an origin story wherein the infant Peter flies away from his home, takes up residence in Kensington Gardens, and befriends the fairies. This story was originally published as a "book-within-a-book" in Barrie's The Little White Bird, first published in 1902 (also included).Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, written as a play in 1904, introduces the classic Peter story where he brings Wendy and her brothers to Neverland and has a showdown with his nemesis, Captain Hook. Barrie later adapted this play as a novel. When Wendy Grew Up – An Afterthought (1908) is Barrie's sequel play to the original Peter Pan story.Peter and Wendy is a novel first published in 1911 that Barrie adapted from the 1904 play and later republished as Peter Pan and Wendy. This novel also incorporates events of Barrie's sequel Peter Pan play, When Wendy Grew Up – An Afterthought.Also included are Barrie’s speech Captain Hook at Eton (1923) and The Story of Peter Pan (1927) a retelling of Peter’s adventures by Daniel O’Connor.Delightful illustrations are included throughout this extensive volume.
Included in this comprehensive Peter Pan anthology are the following
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, first published in 1906, is an origin story wherein the infant Peter flies away from his home, takes up residence in Kensington Gardens, and befriends the fairies. This story was originally published as a "book-within-a-book" in Barrie's The Little White Bird, first published in 1902 (also included).Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, written as a play in 1904, introduces the classic Peter story where he brings Wendy and her brothers to Neverland and has a showdown with his nemesis, Captain Hook. Barrie later adapted this play as a novel. When Wendy Grew Up – An Afterthought (1908) is Barrie's sequel play to the original Peter Pan story.Peter and Wendy is a novel first published in 1911 that Barrie adapted from the 1904 play and later republished as Peter Pan and Wendy. This novel also incorporates events of Barrie's sequel Peter Pan play, When Wendy Grew Up – An Afterthought.Also included are Barrie’s speech Captain Hook at Eton (1923) and The Story of Peter Pan (1927) a retelling of Peter’s adventures by Daniel O’Connor.Delightful illustrations are included throughout this extensive volume.
707 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 26, 2022
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J.M. Barrie
2,389 books2,262 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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February 21, 2026
This omnibus is masterfully composed which gives new meaning to the beauty of language. There are intelligent phrasings and masterful descriptions of all of the incarnations of the stories held within and it was an absolute pleasure to read each and every single one. I have thoroughly enjoyed this and it is nice to see the magic that is Peter Pan in all it's glories.
January 5, 2026
Good ! I thought I would like it more though ! KIND OF SAD !🌹💛⚘️
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