- 17
- Episodes
- 34
- Ratings
- 2024
- First episode
About Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
His name has become a metaphor for one who will never grow old. Peter Pan by JM Barrie is the story of a boy who remains a boy while the world around him changes. Sir James Mathew Barrie was a Scottish playwright and novelist whose works were received with great critical and commercial success in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He discovered the main inspiration for his creative genius in his friendship (and later guardianship) with the children of Arthur and Sylvia Llewellyn-Davies. The Llewellyn-Davies boys, five in number and related to the famous Du Maurier family, featured in many of Barrie's stories and plays and some of these works were written specifically for them. Peter Pan was first introduced as a character in one of Barrie's stories, The Little White Bird in 1901. Consequently, he appeared in a few other stories and plays and finally in 1904 made his debut in a full length play, Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Following the phenomenal success of the play, Barrie transformed it into a novel in 1911 entitled Peter and Wendy. Peter Pan is pure and delightful fantasy. Peter's character is far from a “perfect child.” He is selfish, foolish, thoughtless and ignorant and this is where the real appeal of the book lies. Readers are preconditioned to believe that childhood and children must always be portrayed as good and innocent. However, Barrie portrays Peter in all his authentic humanity and that's what makes him so endearing because we truly see ourselves in Peter Pan. The descriptions are fascinating in their detail and intricacy, the dialog and conversations are absolutely spot on and Neverland is a brilliant example of the Utopia we all seek in its perfection and completeness. Captain Hook is a truly evil villain, while Tinkerbell shines in all her haughty magic. For readers who have only seen the saccharine sweet Disney version, the original Peter Pan may come as a surprise! Peter Pan cajoles Wendy Darling and two more boys to fly with him to Neverland to become the surrogate family of the Lost Boys there. A series of adventures follows, including scary encounters with Captain Hook and the vicious Tiger Lily. In fact, many readers have found the tale to be quite a disturbing Victorian fantasy about motherhood and emotional immaturity. Whatever the interpretation, Peter Pan remains one of the most brilliant and definitive portrayals of childhood and children.
- Publisher
- Loyal Books
- Category
- arts · kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 17 Dec 2024
- Latest episode
- 2 Jan 2025
Latest episodes
17 episodes in the feed.
2 Jan 2025
01 – Peter Breaks Through
1 Jan 2025
02 – The Shadow
31 Dec 2024
03 – Come Away, Come Away!
30 Dec 2024
04 – The Flight
29 Dec 2024
05 – The Island Come True
28 Dec 2024
06 – The Little House
27 Dec 2024
07 – The Home Under the Ground
26 Dec 2024
08 – The Mermaid’s Lagoon
25 Dec 2024
09 – The Neverbird
24 Dec 2024
10 – The Happy Home
23 Dec 2024
11 – Wendy’s Story
22 Dec 2024
12 – The Children are Carried Off
21 Dec 2024
13 – Do You Believe in Fairies?
20 Dec 2024
14 – The Pirate Ship
19 Dec 2024
15 – Hook or Me This time
18 Dec 2024
16 – The Return Home
17 Dec 2024
17 – When Wendy Grew Up
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 34 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100
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- Quality
- 52
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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