Peter Pan is a children's novel about a boy who never grows up and the Darling children, who travel with him to Neverland for adventures with pirates, fairies and mermaids. It is a warm, imaginative story about childhood, courage and the pull of growing up, well suited for reading aloud.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
Peter Pan [PETER AND WENDY] by J. M. Barrie [James Matthew Barrie] A Millennium Fulcrum Edition produced in 1991 by Duncan Research. Note that while a copyright was initially claimed for the labor involved in digitization, that copyright claim is not consistent with current copyright requirements. This text, which matches the 1911 original publication, is in the public domain in the US. Contents Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH Chapter II. THE SHADOW Chapter III. COME AWAY, COME AWAY! Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE Chapter VI. THE LITTLE HOUSE Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND
Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD Chapter X. THE HAPPY HOME Chapter XI. WENDY’S STORY Chapter XII. THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES? Chapter XIV. THE PIRATE SHIP Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME” Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP