Peter Pan, the "boy who would not grow up," originally appeared as a baby living a magical life among birds and fairies in J.M. Barrie's sequence of stories, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. His later role as flying boy hero was brought to the stage by Barrie in the beloved play Peter Pan, which opened in 1904 and became the novel Peter and Wendy in 1911. In a narrative filled with vivid characters, epic battles, pirates, fairies, and fantastic imagination, Peter Pan's adventures capture the spirit of childhood— and of rebellion against the role of adulthood in conventional society.

This edition includes the novel and the stories, as well as an introduction by eminent scholar Jack Zipes. Looking at the man behind Peter Pan and sifting through the psychological interpretations that have engaged many a critic, Zipes explores the larger cultural and literary contexts in which we should appreciate Barrie's enduring creation and shows why Peter Pan is a work not for children but for adults seeking to reconnect with their own imagination.

詹姆斯·巴裏（James Mattchew Barrie, 1860-1937），英國劇作傢、小說傢。齣生於蘇格蘭一個紡織工人的傢庭。1882年畢業於愛丁堡大學，從事新聞工作數年，並開始文學創作。1919年任安德魯大學校長；1928年當選為英國作傢協會主席；1930年受聘為愛丁堡大學名譽校長。

他的小說運用方言描繪蘇格蘭農村生活，富有幽默感和浪漫情調。主要作品有《小牧師》、《小白鳥》、《永彆瞭，米莉小姐》。巴裏一生創作瞭許多童話故事和童話劇。“彼得·潘”的名字首次齣現在1902年的小說《小白鳥》中。1904年，劇本《彼得·潘》發錶，12月27日首次在倫敦公演，引起瞭轟動。1911年，小說《彼得·潘》齣版。隨後這部作品被譯成多種文字飛嚮世界，贏得瞭各國讀者的喜愛。