Peter and Wendy

And it became probably the most famous work of poetry in the English-speaking world at that time.

Literary salons called Omar Khayyam clubs started popping up in Europe and America, and they attracted all these really famous writers like J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan, and Arthur Conan Doyle, of course, creator of Sherlock Holmes, and they would get together and discuss the poetry and have dinner and other salon-type things.

There were also nightclubs named after Omar Khayyam.

Many, many, many editions of the Rubaiyat were published over the next few decades, and probably the most interesting and infamous edition was one that was produced in 1912 by these two book binders.

Also this year, Charles Dickens began publishing Great Expectations, which is a personal favorite of mine, in a serial format.

Some other notable people that were born in 1860 were J.M. Barrie, who was a Scottish novelist and playwright who created Peter Pan and That, my friends, is another whole story in and of itself.

American social worker, pioneer settlement worker, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate was born this year, who co-founded Hull House.

The sixth prime minister of Australia, Joseph Cook, was born this year, and Annie Oakley was also born this year.

They were beautifully, terrifyingly alien.

Now, in modern pop culture, the concept of magical beings arriving at a child's window to offer the gift of flight is universally associated with Peter Pan.

It's framed as the ultimate joyful childhood fantasy.

But J.M. Barrie's original story was significantly darker than the modern adaptations.

Peter Pan was a capricious, dangerous entity who stole children away to a place where they would be trapped forever.

Now, these white flyers, we'll call them, of New York operated on that exact ancient frequency.

They hovered in a silent, fluid constellation outside the second-story glass window.

For since he himself has suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

I don't know if any of y'all have seen the play or the old movie, Peter Pan by J.M. Berry.

J.M. Berry lived in Glasgow, excuse me, Edinburgh.

And, uh, His mother, he had an older brother.

And so for the rest of her life, she mourned and pined over the child who would never grow up.

And when he saw a mother who could only talk about a child who would never grow up in his imagination, he decided to write a story about a boy who would never grow up.

Peter Pan.

But he did say this about his mother in their Edinburgh neighborhood.

Most of us are familiar with the classic Disney story about a boy who never grew up, his lost boy friend, and Captain Hook, the avenger.

Not much is known is the dark, twisted, and slightly disturbing story behind Peter Pan.

What's up, EW crew? Peter Pan's story was written more than a hundred years ago.

And like many other Disney films, the origin of the story that is liked is a bit sad when the pure Disney dust is eliminated.

Although the story is about a naughty boy, a magical prince, and a vast adventure, the writer's inspiration does not arouse any enthusiasm at all.

Be careful, the real story can ruin the way you watch Peter Pan from now on.

In 1860, James Matthew Barry was born in Scotland.

As an adult, he wrote The Little White Bird in 1902, which was the first time Peter Pan appeared on the page.

such as A.

A. Milne's son Christopher Robin and the Llewellyn Davis brothers, portrayed as Peter Pan and his gang of lost boys by J. M. Barry.

As well as exploring the human cost of art and celebrity, the novel was inspired by Melissa revisiting some of her favourite childhood books and finding them much darker than she remembered.

Before Melissa Albert joins us from her home in Brooklyn, here's a clip of the children, which is read by multiple narrators.

I wanted it to move even a little bit beyond just taking their names.

And for it to almost feel like she was simply narrating adventures her children had and then came home and told her.

I think it's pretty clear that I'm thinking about children like the Llewellyn Davies children, Peter Llewellyn Davies and his brothers, George, John, and Michael, all of whom were named characters in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan.

J.M. Barrie being a family friend who ultimately became the boy's guardian when their parents died.

They were beautifully, terrifyingly alien.

Now, in modern pop culture, the concept of magical beings arriving at a child's window to offer the gift of flight is universally associated with Peter Pan.

It's framed as the ultimate joyful childhood fantasy.

But J.M. Barrie's original story was significantly darker than the modern adaptations.

Peter Pan was a capricious, dangerous entity who stole children away to a place where they would be trapped forever.

Now, these white flyers, we'll call them, of New York operated on that exact ancient frequency.

They hovered in a silent, fluid constellation outside the second-story glass window.

They were beautifully, terrifyingly alien.

Now, in modern pop culture, the concept of magical beings arriving at a child's window to offer the gift of flight is universally associated with Peter Pan.

It's framed as the ultimate joyful childhood fantasy.

But J.M. Barrie's original story was significantly darker than the modern adaptations.

Peter Pan was a capricious, dangerous entity who stole children away to a place where they would be trapped forever.

Now, these white flyers, we'll call them, of New York operated on that exact ancient frequency.

They hovered in a silent, fluid constellation outside the second-story glass window.