Neverland
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Neverland

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Neverland

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The untold story behind Peter Pan: The shocking account of J. M. Barrie's abuse and exploitation of the du Maurier family. In his revelatory Neverland, Piers Dudgeon tells the tragic story of J. M. Barrie and the Du Maurier family. Driven by a need to fill the vacuum left by sexual impotence, Barrie sought out George du Maurier, Daphne du Maurier's grandfather (author of the famed Trilby ), who specialized in hypnosis. Barrie's fascination and obsession with the Du Maurier family is a shocking study of greed and psychological abuse, as we observe Barrie as he applies these lessons in mind control to captivate George's daughter Sylvia, his son Gerald, as well as their children—who became the inspiration for the Darling family in Barrie's immortal Peter Pan. Barrie later altered Sylvia's will after her death so that he could become the boys' legal guardian, while pushing several members of the family to nervous breakdown and suicide. Barrie's compulsion to dominate was so apparent to those around him that D. H. Lawrence once wrote: J. M Barrie has a fatal touch for those he loves. They die.

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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2011
ISBN
9781605987620
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Biographies
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Neverland
  3. Contents
  4. List of Illustrations
  5. Family Tree
  6. Author's Note
  7. Part I: 1945-1960: The Lost Boys and Daphne
  8. Part II: 1789-1862: Kicky and Barrie: learning to fly
  9. Part III: 1885-1894: Kicky, Barrie and Svengali: the secret
  10. Part IV: 1894-1910: Sylvia, the Lost Boys and Uncle Jim: the Peter Pan Inheritance
  11. Part V: 1910-1921: Michael, Daphne and Uncle Jim: 'An Awfully Big Adventure'
  12. Part VI: 1921-1989: Uncle Jim and Daphne: the Rebecca Inheritance
  13. Image Gallery
  14. Appendix: On Women in Love
  15. Bibliography
  16. Notes
  17. Acknowledgements and Sources
  18. Index
  19. Copyright