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Peter Pan

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of Peter Pan is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 1 of Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie holds 139 sentences, grouped into 28 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 1 of Peter Pan contain?

Chapter 1 holds 139 sentences of Peter Pan, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 1 of Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 139 sentences, grouped into 28 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 1 of Peter Pan?

Work through the 28 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 28 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 1 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Peter Pan

Common questions about reading Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Peter Pan?

Yes. All 3082 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #16 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Peter Pan is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #16, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Peter Pan take to read?

About 256 minutes of reading across 617 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Peter Pan section by section

How to work through Peter Pan section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

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    Choose one of the 17 chapters of Peter Pan to begin.

  2. Read one section

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  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Peter Pan

Words and structures a reader meets early in Peter Pan, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Children
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Peter Pan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Except
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Wendy
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Peter Pan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Years
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All children, except one, grow up.
They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.
One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.
I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”
This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up.
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Peter Pan

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of Peter Pan is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
All children, except one, grow up.
Line 2
They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.
Line 3
One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.
Line 4
I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”
Line 5
This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up.
All words in this reading · 65

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

All

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From this reading All children, except one, grow up.

and

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From this reading They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

another

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

between

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From this reading This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up.

but

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From this reading This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up.

can't

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

children

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From this reading All children, except one, grow up.

cried

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

Darling

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

day

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

delightful

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

ever

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

except

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From this reading All children, except one, grow up.

flower

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

for

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

garden

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

grow

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From this reading All children, except one, grow up.

hand

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

have

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

heart

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

henceforth

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From this reading This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up.

her

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

I

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

in

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

it

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

knew

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From this reading They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

know

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From this reading They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

like

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

looked

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

mother

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

Mrs

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

must

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

Oh

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

old

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

on

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From this reading This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up.

one

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From this reading All children, except one, grow up.

passed

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From this reading This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up.

playing

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

plucked

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

put

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

ran

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

rather

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

remain

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

she

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

soon

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From this reading They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

subject

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From this reading This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up.

suppose

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

that

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From this reading They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

the

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From this reading They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

them

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From this reading This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up.

They

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From this reading They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

this

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From this reading They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

to

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

two

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

up

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From this reading All children, except one, grow up.

was

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From this reading They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

way

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From this reading They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

Wendy

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From this reading They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

when

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

why

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”

will

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From this reading They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this.

with

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

years

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From this reading One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother.

you

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From this reading I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!”