Length5h 21m
About this audiobook
All children, except one, grow up. Thus begins a great classic of children's literature that we all remember as magical. What we tend to forget, because the tale of Peter Pan and Neverland has been so relentlessly boiled down, hashed up, and coated in saccharine, is that J.M. Barrie's original version is also witty, sophisticated, and delightfully odd. The Darling children, Wendy, John, and Michael, live a very proper middle-class life in Edwardian London, but they also happen to have a Newfoundland for a nurse. The text is full of such throwaway gems as "Mrs. Darling first heard of Peter Pan when she was tidying up her children's minds," and is peppered with deliberately obscure vocabulary including "embonpoint," "quietus," and "pluperfect." Lest we forget, it was written in 1904, a relatively innocent age in which a plot about abducted children must have seemed more safely fanciful. Also, perhaps, it was an age that expected more of its children's books, for Peter Pan has a suppleness, lightness, and intelligence that are "literary" in the best sense. (Amazon)
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Fairy Tales and Folklore
Length5 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 27, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ILLUSTRATIONS
10CHAPTER IX
2CHAPTER I
11CHAPTER X
3CHAPTER II
12CHAPTER XI
4CHAPTER III
13CHAPTER XII
5CHAPTER IV
14CHAPTER XIII
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6CHAPTER V
15CHAPTER XIV
7CHAPTER VI
16CHAPTER XV
8CHAPTER VII
17CHAPTER XVI
9CHAPTER VIII
18CHAPTER XVII
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