Centennial Edition
J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) was a bestselling writer well before he
created Peter Pan. His famous children's plays grew from stories he
had made up for the young sons of his friends Arthur and Sylvia
Davies. First performed in 1904, Peter Pan was such a success it
became an annual Christmas event. In 1911, Barrie novelized the
play. Upon his death, Barrie left the copyright for Peter Pan to
the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London.
Alison Lurie is the bestselling author of such novels as The War
Between the Tates and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Foreign Affairs.
She has also written extensively about children's literature,
including Don't Tell the Grownups, Boys and Girls Forever, and, as
co-editor, the Garland Library of Children's Classics. She is F. J.
Whiton Professor of American Literature Emeritas at Cornell
University.
“Barrie wrote his fantasy of childhood, added another figure to our
enduring literature, and thereby undoubtedly made one of the
boldest bids for immortality of any writer. . . . It is a
masterpiece.”
–J. B. PRIESTLEY
A number of classic children's books return in milestone and reissued editions for a new generation. J.M. Barrie's enchanting Peter Pan: 100th Anniversary Edition features a large trim for reading aloud and rich, detailed illustrations by Michael Hague (which he originally published in 1987). Peter Pan's flyaway red hair and tattered garment of "skeleton leaves and the juices that ooze out of trees" capture the free spirit of the boy who refused to grow up. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
"Barrie wrote his fantasy of childhood, added another figure to our
enduring literature, and thereby undoubtedly made one of the
boldest bids for immortality of any writer. . . . It is a
masterpiece."
-J. B. PRIESTLEY
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