Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937)

Original en 47019 words First published 1911 United Kingdom

J. M. Barrie's story of the boy who wouldn't grow up, in the 1911 novel form. Peter Pan flies through the nursery window of the Darling household to teach Wendy, John and Michael to fly, and carries them off to Neverland — mermaids, redskins, the lost boys, and Captain Hook with his crocodile that has swallowed a clock. Magical, funny, and shot through with something darker: a story about the cost of never growing up, written by an author who understood exactly what childhood is and what leaving it means.

Text sourced from Project Gutenberg (public domain in the United States); the Project Gutenberg trademark and license text have been removed on import. Public-domain status determined by the author's death year + 50 years rule.

Table of Contents

1. 001 Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH 3033 words
2. 002 Chapter II. THE SHADOW 2950 words
3. 003 Chapter III. COME AWAY, COME AWAY! 4118 words
4. 004 Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT 2873 words
5. 005 Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE 3563 words
6. 006 Chapter VI. THE LITTLE HOUSE 2481 words
7. 007 Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND 2392 words
8. 008 Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON 3907 words
9. 009 Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD 1051 words
10. 010 Chapter X. THE HAPPY HOME 1944 words
11. 011 Chapter XI. WENDY’S STORY 2311 words
12. 012 Chapter XII. THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF 1633 words
13. 013 Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES? 2855 words
14. 014 Chapter XIV. THE PIRATE SHIP 2297 words
15. 015 Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME” 3146 words
16. 016 Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME 2961 words
17. 017 Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP 3504 words