![]() ![]() Both a celebration of childhood innocence and a warning allegory about its over-romanticization, Barrie’s creation simultaneously entertains the young, speaks to adults longing for a past golden era, and offers an ahead-of-its-time exploration of children’s emotional and moral development. The novel’s sarcastic and opinionated narrator and its engagement of heady themes – including death, the power of imagination and the bitter sweetness of growing up – lend the text a depth and complexity that explain its resonance with adult readers since its 1911 publication. Despite its child-appropriate premise, a darkness lurks below the story’s surface – reflective of the sad real-life events which haunted Barrie himself. But while the story of Peter Pan has been told time and again over the years, Peter and Wendy itself retains its ability to surprise the unwary reader. ![]() ![]() Barrie’s classic tale of the mysterious boy, Peter Pan, who never grows up, and of the young girl, Wendy, who flies with him to the fantasy island of Neverland. ![]()
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