Peter Pan
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First published as Peter and Wendy in 1911, J. M. Barrie’s beloved tale begins when Peter Pan, the boy who refuses to grow up, flies into the London nursery of Wendy Darling and her brothers, inviting them to Neverland. There, amid mermaids, lost boys, fairies and pirates, they encounter the formidable Captain Hook in a world where childhood imagination meets danger and adventure. Beneath its enchanting surface, Barrie’s story explores the longing to remain young, the pull of home and family, and the bittersweet passage from childhood towards adulthood.
Expanding upon Barrie’s earlier stage play, Peter Pan, the novel gives greater depth to its dreamlike island and its unforgettable inhabitants, while retaining the author’s characteristic wit and subtle melancholy. Its vision of childhood is not entirely innocent: wonder sits alongside loneliness, mischief and the knowledge that time moves on, even for those who wish to escape it. A defining work of children’s literature, Peter and Wendy has become an enduring part of the literary imagination, its shadowy Neverland offering generations of readers both an escape from ordinary life and a poignant reflection on what growing up means.
From the book
“You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.”
— J. M. Barrie, Peter and Wendy
On Peter and Wendy
“A troubling meditation on the passage of time and the darkness that awaits us all.”
— Michael Dirda, The Washington Post