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Peter Pan

JM Barrie

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Wendy Darling and her brothers encounter Peter Pan, the boy who will not grow up, and leave their nursery for Neverland. Fairies, lost boys and pirates turn play into adventure, while memories of home complicate the freedom of a world without adult supervision.

17 sections47,087 wordsAbout 3 h 34 min
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About Peter Pan

The narrator moves between a child's acceptance of make-believe and an adult awareness of forgetting, separation and passing time. Domestic games continue even amid danger, especially when Wendy takes on a caring role. The appeal of endless childhood is therefore tested through the work and attachments that make it possible.

Reading focus

Notice how games of family and caregiving complicate the promise of living without adult rules.

This reading edition contains 47,087 words in 17 original sections. Read the text online with adjustable type and three colour themes, or keep a printable PDF.

Author: JM Barrie. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.

Opening excerpt

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.

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Contents

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  1. Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH14 min
  2. Chapter II. THE SHADOW14 min
  3. Chapter III. COME AWAY, COME AWAY!19 min
  4. Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT14 min
  5. Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE17 min
  6. Chapter VI. THE LITTLE HOUSE12 min
  7. Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND11 min
  8. Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON18 min
  9. Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD5 min
  10. Chapter X. THE HAPPY HOME9 min
  11. Chapter XI. WENDY’S STORY11 min
  12. Chapter XII. THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF8 min
  13. Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?13 min
  14. Chapter XIV. THE PIRATE SHIP11 min
  15. Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”15 min
  16. Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME14 min
  17. Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP16 min

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