Wordsworth Children’s Classics: Peter Pan & Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

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James Matthew Barrie, geb. 1860 in Kirriemuir/Schottland schrieb Erzählungen über seine schottischen Heimat und Theaterstücke. Barrie besuchte die Dumfries Academy und machte 1882 seinen Abschluss als Master of Arts an der Universität Edinburgh. Anschließend arbeitete er als Journalist für das Nottingham Journal und ab 1885 als freier Schriftsteller in London. Seine Ehe mit der Schauspielerin Mary Ansell endete kinderlos in einer Scheidung. 1913 wurde Barrie der Titel Baronet verliehen. Er starb 1937 in London.

The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly, then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land, where they find Red Indians, wolves, Mermaids and... Pirates. The leader of the pirates is the sinister Captain Hook. His hand was bitten off by a crocodile, who, as Captain Hook explains 'liked me arm so much that he has followed me ever since, licking his lips for the rest of me'. After lots of adventures, the story reaches its exciting climax as Peter, Wendy and the children do battle with Captain Hook and his band. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is the magical tale that first introduces Peter Pan, the little boy who never grows any older. He escapes his human form and flies to Kensington Gardens, where all his happy memories are, and meets the fairies, the thrushes, and Old Caw the crow. The fairies think he is too human to be allowed to stay in after Lock-out time, so he flies off to an island which divides the Gardens from the more grown-up Hyde Park - Peter's adventures, and how he eventually meets Mamie and the goat, are delightfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

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