by J. M. Barrie
Great Classics / Adventure novel · Language: inglese britannico · 1654 paragraphs · Free
In the heart of Bloomsbury, at number 14, lives the Darling family, where Mr. Darling is a man of stocks and shares, Mrs. Darling a dreamer with a mysterious kiss in the corner of her mouth, and Wendy, their eldest, a girl who already senses the shadow of growing up. Their orderly existence is upended when a peculiar boy, who refuses to grow up, appears at their window, drawn by the promise of stories and the allure of a mother’s love. This boy, Peter, brings with him the dust of fairy tales and a shadow that has a mind of its own. As Wendy and her brothers are swept into a world where mermaids sing and lost boys wait for a leader, Mrs. Darling is left with a nameless dread, sensing that her children’s hearts are no longer wholly her own. But one kiss, hidden and unattainable, may hold the key to a bond that even magic cannot sever. In this tale of innocence and longing, the line between adventure and abandonment blurs, and the cost of eternal youth is a price that may be too high to pay.
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