A lovely new edition of the famous story - written after the play
(which is now appearing on Broadway). The story is carried beyond
the action of the play as Mrs. Darling is disposed of in a
sentence, Wendy grows up, marries and has a daughter who takes care
of Peter's spring house cleaning now that Wendy has become caught
up in the tragic earth-bound disenchantment of adulthood. And
Wendy's daughter, too, grows up and has a daughter who visits Peter
in Neverland - "and thus it will go on, so long as children are gay
and innocent and heartless". (Kirkus Reviews)
The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling
children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly, then
takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land, where they find Red
Indians, wolves, Mermaids and... Pirates. The leader of the pirates
is the sinister Captain Hook. His hand was bitten off by a
crocodile, who, as Captain Hook explains 'liked me arm so much that
he has followed me ever since, licking his lips for the rest of
me'. After lots of adventures, the story reaches its exciting
climax as Peter, Wendy and the children do battle with Captain Hook
and his band. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens is the magical tale
that first introduces Peter Pan, the little boy who never grows any
older. He escapes his human form and flies to Kensington Gardens,
where all his happy memories are, and meets the fairies, the
thrushes, and Old Caw the crow. The fairies think he is too human
to be allowed to stay in after Lock-out time, so he flies off to an
island which divides the Gardens from the more grown-up Hyde Park -
Peter's adventures, and how he eventually meets Mamie and the goat,
are delightfully illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
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