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| Author | J. M. Barrie |
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| Genre | Fairytale fantasy, fictional diary, novel for adult readers |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton (UK) Charles Scribner's Sons (US) |
Publication date | November 1902 (both)[1] |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 349 (US: Scribner's, 1902)[2] |
| OCLC | 4789092 |
| LC Class | PZ3.B277 Li[2] |
| Followed by | Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens |
The Little White Bird is a novel by the Scottish writer J. M. Barrie, ranging in tone from fantasy and whimsy to social comedy with dark, aggressive undertones.[3] It was published in November 1902, by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK and Scribner's in the US (and the latter also published it serially in the monthly Scribner's Magazine from August to November).[1] The book attained prominence and longevity thanks to several chapters written in a softer tone than the rest of the book, which introduced the character and mythology of Peter Pan. In 1906, those chapters were published separately as a children's book, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.[3]
The Peter Pan story began as one chapter and grew to an "elaborate book-within-a-book" of more than one hundred pages during the four years Barrie worked on The Little White Bird.[4]
The complete book has also been published under the title The Little White Bird, or Adventures in Kensington Gardens.[5]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
LELwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "The little white bird" (first US edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ a b Barrie, J.M. (1999). Peter Hollindale (Introduction and Notes) (ed.). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and Peter and Wendy. Oxford World's Classics. pp. xix.
- ^ Birkin, Andrew (2003). J.M. Barrie & the Lost Boys. Yale University Press. p. 93. ISBN 0-300-09822-7.
- ^ J. M. Barrie. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens (public domain full text no-cost download). Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.