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Peter Pan

Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, often known simply as Peter Pan, is a work by British novelist J. M. Barrie, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel titled Peter and Wendy. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and has many adventures on the island of Neverland that is inhabited by mermaids, fairies, Native Americans and pirates.

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Wikipedia contributors, Peter Pan (play and novel) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Modified for this entry.

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Project Gutenberg English HTML eBook 16, at https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16/16-h/16-h.htm. Selected primary text passages only. Abridgements, translations, illustrated editions and adaptations are unassessed.

Violence

Moderate

Pirates discuss stabbing and killing. Hook describes his severed arm being fed to a crocodile and threatens Peter.

Language

Moderate

The selected chapter uses a racist historical term for Indigenous people and stereotyped descriptions.

Frightening & intense themes

Moderate

Children are hunted by pirates; Hook fears the crocodile that is pursuing him.

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TIME FORGE

How long does it take?

3h 57m

Average reading time

Focused reading
3h 10m
Comfortable reading
3h 57m
Reflective / study reading
4h 56m

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Peter Pan

Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, often known simply as Peter Pan, is a work by British novelist J. M. Barrie, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel titled Peter and Wendy. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and has many adventures on the island of Neverland that is inhabited by mermaids, fairies, Native Americans and pirates.

Credits

Wikipedia contributors, Peter Pan (play and novel) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Modified for this entry.

Writers
J. M. Barrie
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