"All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust"
When Peter Pan loses his shadow in the Darling children's nursery, things will never be the same again...
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Over the rooftops of London, Peter Pan and the fairy Tinkerbell lead Wendy, Michael and John Darling to Neverland to start a new life with his gang of Lost Boys.
There, they will encounter mermaids, princesses, a ticking crocodile and the fearsome Captain Hook and his terrible crew of pirates.
What will their new life be like in Neverland? If Captain Hook has his way, they won't live long enough to find out...
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This special Puffin Classics edition brings together two of the most inspirational collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London - the works of Arts and Crafts pioneer William Morris and the literature of J.M Barrie.
Illustrator Liz Catchpole has selected patterns from the V&A archive and introduced new artwork inspired by the collection to create a beautiful cover which brings JM Barrie's timeless story to life.
作者简介
詹姆斯·马修·巴利(1860-1937),英文名James Matthew Barrie,1860年5月9日出生于苏格兰中东部的小镇奇利缪尔(现安格斯郡),苏格兰著名小说家、剧作家。1882年毕业于爱丁堡大学,从事新闻工作数年,年来开始创作小说和剧本。1919年任安德鲁大学校长;1928年当选为英国作家协会主席;1930年受聘为爱丁堡大学名誉校长。他的小说运用方言描绘苏格兰农村生活,富有幽默和漫情,创作了许多经典的儿童文学,代表作有《彼得潘》、《小牧师》、《小白鸟》、《永别了,米莉小姐》。
1904年他写成舞台剧本《彼得潘》,首演后大获好评,成为他zui为人所知的代表作。这个故事结合了他童年时的幻想与他和戴维斯家的孩子们玩耍时编出来的冒险内容。剧作大为成功,剧本改写成的小说(原名《Peter and Wendy》)随后于1911年出版,也成了举世闻名、家喻户晓的童话故事。如今根据《彼得潘》创作的绘本、画册、纪念册、版画、邮票等相关产品不计其数。
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (included in The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland.
Although he continued to write successfully, Peter Pan overshadowed his other work, and is credited with popularising the name Wendy. Barrie unofficially adopted the Davies boys following the deaths of their parents. Barrie was made a baronet by George V on 14 June 1913, and a member of the Order of Merit in the 1922 New Year Honours. Before his death, he gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, which continues to benefit from them.
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