The Magical Adventures of Peter Pan - All 7 Books in One Edition (Illustrated). J. M. Barrie
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J. M. Barrie, Daniel O'connor & Oliver Herford
The Magical Adventures of Peter Pan - All 7 Books in One Edition
(Illustrated)
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2017 OK Publishing
ISBN 978-80-272-3585-8
Table of Contents
Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up (The Play 1904)
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906)
Peter and Wendy (The Novel 1911)
The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the Fairy Play (1915)
The Little White Bird (1902)
I: David and I Set Forth Upon a Journey
II: The Little Nursery Governess
III: Her Marriage, Her Clothes, Her Appetite, and an Inventory of Her Furniture
VIII: The Inconsiderate Waiter
XII: The Pleasantest Club in London
XIII: The Grand Tour of the Gardens
XX: David and Porthos Compared
Publisher Note: Only one chapter in this novel is Peter Pan related. It was the first appearance of Peter Pan as a character; even before his first appearance in the 1904 play. We have included the complete novel; however, for the sake of completion.
I: David and I Set Forth Upon a Journey
Sometimes the little boy who calls me father brings me an invitation from his mother: “I shall be so pleased if you will come and see me,” and I always reply in some such words as these: “Dear madam, I decline.” And if David asks why I decline, I explain that it is because I have no desire to meet the woman.
“Come this time, father,” he urged lately, “for it is her birthday, and she is twenty-six,” which is so great an age to David, that I think he fears she cannot last much longer.
“Twenty-six, is she, David?” I replied. “Tell her I said she looks more.”
I had my delicious dream that night. I dreamt that I too was twenty-six, which was a