Peter and Wendy (AmazonClassics Edition)

Classic is the word I use for the Disney version, I loved so much to read the printed version of the movie. I tend to prefer the books which are the sources but in this case I felt it a chore. Whereas the movie is a cherished adventure of kids traveling to a fantastic land, the book portraits both reality and fantasy as miserable places. In our world you are condemned to get older (older in this context means to be blinder to magic) and be overwhelmed by your duties; in Peter Pan's world you are condemned to live adrift, without real happiness despite the vast amount of superficial joy. There is no middle point: Wendy's mother gets married just with the first man that appears at her door; Peter Pan chooses surrogate mothers but it's just for play, he doesn't really know or care about them as persons. It's a quite loveless and miserable universe in two worlds, I really doubt I had found joy in it if I had read it when kid.The AmazonClassics Edition is excellent. It has X-Ray, a professional formatting and comfortable to real typography. If you want to read this book this is a highly recommended edition.

Barrie’s `Peter and Wendy` is another classic book I re-read through the Amazon Classics series, and I was happy with the reading experience with the Kindle app.The story of Peter Pan, the Darling children and the Neverland (with its pirates, Lost Boys, fairies,redskins) is a classic read, but I don't consider it a very well written book or one of the best children books.`Peter and Wendy` is definitely a book to read with the mind of a careless innocent child. I personally think that if you read it with an adult mind you won't find subtleties and the story might seem confusing (although the oddities have some delightfullness). I don't think that the "the bittersweet longings of adult nostalgia" are properly explored... it's just pure fantasy and should be enjoyed like that.If you already seen the Peter Pan animations, the book has nothing new to it (Disney did explore more stories than the ones included in the book).

I finally sat down to read it, easy to see why it's a classic cocky Peter is loveable, Wendy is charmin, neverland is gorgeous to read about and even a lot of side characters are memorable. Just a great book that I'll read again, and I know it'll gay forever young.

This is the original version approx. 150 pages with some indecipherable illustrations. Good read altho folks who aren't familiar with Victorian type prose may have some problems here and there.Altogether a much more satisfying story than the Disney version.

this was one of the rare books that i could not finish. it did not capture my interest and i found it rambling & confusing

Love Peter Pan. The book is short enough to read on the beach.

Good

I bought this for my granddaughter and she was thrilled. What makes her happy, tickles me to death...lol

Good condition and arrived much earlier than predicted. Story is very much shortened and misses out quite a few of the important parts which I remembered, ie - no mention of Nanna the dog, nor the clock swallowed by the crocodile which warned Captain Hook of its approach and Tinkerbell's statement "that every time someone says they don't believe in fairies, a fairy dies". But on the whole covers the basic story and with good pictures.

Bought as a present. Very pleased.

Book arrived very quickly, and was in such a good condition. - was planning on cutting out the pictures to decorate a room but the book is in such good condition I am keeping it in tact!

my little on estill haS TIS EVEN THOUGH THERES A PAGE MISSING SHE STILL TAKES IT TO BED. THE CARTOONING IS ACCURATE AND IT IS COLOURFUL - WOULD ALSO SUIT OLDER CHILD AS IS HAS A LONG STORY BASE - CAN'T AND DARE NOT SELL THIS ON EON BUT YOU WILL COME ACROOS ONE 3 TO 4 SEEMS TO BE THE AGE RANGE AND YOU'LL JUST LOVE READING IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER Again I'M sure

Lovely Condition. Brilliant story