Jm Barrie And The Lost Boys
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Author |
: Andrew Birkin |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 787 |
Release |
: 2003-07-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300211320 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300211325 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis J M Barrie and the Lost Boys by : Andrew Birkin
This literary biography is “a story of obsession and the search for pure childhood . . . Moving, charming, a revelation” (Los Angeles Times). J. M. Barrie, Victorian novelist, playwright, and author of Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, led a life almost as interesting as his famous creation. Childless in his marriage, Barrie grew close to the five young boys of the Davies family, ultimately becoming their guardian and surrogate father when they were orphaned. Andrew Birkin draws extensively on a vast range of material by and about Barrie, including notebooks, memoirs, and hours of recorded interviews with the family and their circle, to describe Barrie’s life, the tragedies that shaped him, and the wonderful world of imagination he created for the boys. Updated with a new preface and including photos and illustrations, this “absolutely gripping” read reveals the dramatic story behind one of the classics of children’s literature (Evening Standard). “A psychological thriller . . . One of the year’s most complex and absorbing biographies.” —Time “[A] fascinating story.” —The Washington Post
Author |
: James Matthew Barrie |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 140 |
Release |
: 2020-09-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9798689523965 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Peter Pan by : James Matthew Barrie
All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.Of course they lived at 14 [their house number on their street], and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there it was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner.
Author |
: Piers Dudgeon |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 418 |
Release |
: 2016-07-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250087799 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250087791 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Real Peter Pan by : Piers Dudgeon
British edition has subtitle: the tragic life of Michael Llewelyn Davies.
Author |
: Lisa Chaney |
Publisher |
: St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages |
: 584 |
Release |
: 2013-12-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466861404 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1466861401 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hide-and-Seek with Angels by : Lisa Chaney
What kind of man creates a boy who never grows up? More than 100 years after Peter Pan first appeared on the London stage, author J. M. Barrie remains one of the most complex and enigmatic figures in modern literature. A few facts, of course, are widely known: Peter Pan made Barrie the richest author of his time, and he bequeathed the royalties to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children. He was married, but later divorced, and he was devoted to the orphaned sons of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, one of whom was named Peter. And then the rumors begin—about the nature of his marriage; about his precise relationship with the Davies boys, whose guardian he became; about the fantasies and demons that determined his achievements. In this brilliant biography, Lisa Chaney goes beyond the myths to discover the fascinating, frequently misunderstood man behind the famous boy. James Matthew Barrie was born in a village in Scotland in 1860, the ninth of 10 children of a linen-weaver and his wife. When James was six years old, his older brother died in a skating accident, and his mother began her withdrawal into grief. It is not an exaggeration to say that Barrie's entire life—both his professional triumphs as a writer and his personal tragedies—led up to the creation of Peter Pan, the play where "all children except one grow up." As Lisa Chaney explores Barrie's own struggles to grow up, she deepens our understanding both of his most famous character and of the complex relationship between life and art.
Author |
: Christina Henry |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 306 |
Release |
: 2017-07-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780399584022 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0399584021 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost Boy by : Christina Henry
From the national bestselling author of Alice comes a familiar story with a dark hook—a tale about Peter Pan and the friend who became his nemesis, a nemesis who may not be the blackhearted villain Peter says he is… There is one version of my story that everyone knows. And then there is the truth. This is how it happened. How I went from being Peter Pan’s first—and favorite—lost boy to his greatest enemy. Peter brought me to his island because there were no rules and no grownups to make us mind. He brought boys from the Other Place to join in the fun, but Peter's idea of fun is sharper than a pirate’s sword. Because it’s never been all fun and games on the island. Our neighbors are pirates and monsters. Our toys are knife and stick and rock—the kinds of playthings that bite. Peter promised we would all be young and happy forever. Peter lies.
Author |
: Geraldine McCaughrean |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 2010-05-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781416958161 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1416958169 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Peter Pan in Scarlet by : Geraldine McCaughrean
The first-ever authorized sequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan! In August 2004 the Special Trustees of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, who hold the copyright in Peter Pan, launched a worldwide search for a writer to create a sequel to J. M. Barrie's timeless masterpiece. Renowned and multi award-winning English author Geraldine McCaughrean won the honor to write this official sequel, Peter Pan in Scarlet. Illustrated by Scott M. Fischer and set in the 1930s, Peter Pan in Scarlet takes readers flying back to Neverland in an adventure filled with tension, danger, and swashbuckling derring-do!
Author |
: J.M. Barrie |
Publisher |
: Knickerbocker Press |
Total Pages |
: 160 |
Release |
: 2015-02-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781631060663 |
ISBN-13 |
: 163106066X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Peter Pan by : J.M. Barrie
The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.
Author |
: James Matthew Barrie |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 54 |
Release |
: 2018-09-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1723894001 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781723894008 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Boy Castaways of Black Lake Island by : James Matthew Barrie
The Boy Castaways of Black Lake Island is an illustrated adventure story by J.M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan. It records the terrible adventures of the Llewelyn Davies boys in the Summer of 1901. It includes thirty-five mounted photographs with typeset captions and a preface by Peter Llewelyn Davies. The photographs depict a swash-buckling tale of a pirate, tiger, crocodile, vultures, and the tropical island explorations of George, Jack, Peter, and Porthos, Barrie's Newfoundland dog, standing in alternately as a pirate's pet, a lion, and a devoted guard standing watch over the sleeping children. Barrie prepared the book as if it were written by Peter, who was only four years old at the time; it includes an introduction "by" the boy. The table of contents gives headlines supposedly taken from 16 chapters, but there is no actual prose backing them up. The list of illustrations, however, is accurate, with captions for the 35 photos and the frontispiece which make up the bulk of the book.
Author |
: Brom |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 500 |
Release |
: 2009-08-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780061903175 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0061903175 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Child Thief by : Brom
The acclaimed artist Brom brilliantly displays his multiple extraordinary talents in The Child Thief—a spellbinding re-imagining of the beloved Peter Pan story that carries readers through the perilous mist separating our world from the realm of Faerie. As Gregory Maguire did with his New York Times bestselling Wicked novels, Brom takes a classic children’s tale and turns it inside-out, painting a Neverland that, like Maguire’s Oz, is darker, richer, more complex than innocent world J.M. Barrie originally conceived. An ingeniously executed literary feat, illustrated with Brom’s sumptuous artwork, The Child Thief is contemporary fantasy at its finest—casting Peter Pan, the Lost Boys, even Captain Hook and his crew in a breathtaking new light.
Author |
: Stefan Bachmann |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2020-10-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062289971 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062289977 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cinders and Sparrows by : Stefan Bachmann
A suspenseful tale of witches, family, and magic from internationally bestselling author Stefan Bachmann. When a twelve-year-old orphan unexpectedly becomes the mistress of a seemingly abandoned castle, she is thrust into a mysterious plot involving murderous spells, false identity, and a magical battle of wills between the living and the dead. Readers of Kate Milford's Greenglass House, Victoria Schwab's City of Ghosts, and Diana Wynne Jones will be riveted. Twelve-year-old Zita, an orphan and a housemaid, has resigned herself to a life of drudgery when a strange letter arrives, naming her the only living heir to the Brydgeborn fortune. Now the mistress of the castle, Zita soon realizes foul play led to the death of her family. And as she is guided through lessons in the art of witchcraft by the somewhat mysterious Mrs. Cantanker, Zita begins to wonder who is friend and who is foe. Unforgettable and utterly enchanting, this stand-alone tale about family, belonging, and friendship will bewitch readers of Tahereh Mafi’s Whichwood, Katherine Arden’s Small Spaces, and Diana Wynne Jones’s Howl’s Moving Castle. Cinders & Sparrows is a magical page-turner by the author of The Peculiar, the acclaimed international bestseller.