• A collection of Peter Pan stories, showing the evolution of this enduring children's classic
• Includes The Little White Bird—the first appearance of the Peter Pan character in print—Barrie's novelisation of the story Peter and Wendy, an unrealised film script, and the first and final versions of the Peter Pan play
• Enriched by appendices of additional material relating to Peter Pan, including the short story The Blot on Peter Pan and the Captain Hook at Eton speech
• With an introduction and notes by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

     
'To die will be an awfully big adventure.'
  
Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, is one of the immortals of children's literature. J. M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as a baby, living in secret with the birds and fairies in the middle of London, but as the children for whom he invented the stories grew older, so too did Peter, reappearing in Neverland, where he was aided in his epic battles by the motherly and resourceful Wendy Darling. Since then Peter Pan has become a cultural icon and symbol for escapism and innocence, remaining popular with both children and adults.
   
In this collected edition, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst brings together five of the main versions of the Peter Pan story, from Peter Pan's first appearance in The Little White Bird, to his novelization of the story, the stage version, and unrealized silent film script. This edition contains an introduction and notes, detailed explanatory notes, original illustrations, and appendices that include Barrie's coda to the play that was only performed once.