And Wendy isn’t as easy of a pawn in anyone’s games as the men in her life have believed. James’ particularly brutal upbringing of violence created a sadist streak in him, but he’s also an emotionally complex man whose plan to seduce Wendy becomes complicated once he starts to fall for her. His plans seem all the more possible when Wendy, the daughter of the man he hates, walks into his club he decides she’s his opportunity to strike back. James, also known as Hook, experienced an abusive childhood and is obsessed with revenge.
McIntire writes fractured fairy tales, among other books, and “Hooked” is the first in her Never After series, which upends the fairy tale into a much darker version. But McIntire’s delightfully dark book isn’t a children’s retelling of swarthy Captain Hook and Peter Pan ― this story is for the adults. Hyde Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Little Women Wuthering Heights The Alchemist Persuasion Aesop’s Fables The Constitution of the United States and Selected Writings Crime and Punishment Dracula Great Expectations The Iliad Irish and Fairy Folk Tales The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine and The Invisible Man.“Hooked” by international bestselling author Emily McIntire touts over 100,000 reviews on Goodreads and is presently one of the most popular Peter Pan-inspired books to date. Lovecraft The Federalist Papers The Inferno The Call of the Wild and White Fang Moby Dick The Odyssey Pride and Prejudice Grimm’s Fairy Tales Emma The Great Gatsby The Secret Garden Anne of Green Gables The Phantom of the Opera The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital The Republic Frankenstein Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea The Picture of Dorian Gray Meditations Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass A Tales of Two Cities Beowulf The Strange Case of Dr. Other titles in the Chartwell Classics series include The Essential Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe The Essential Tales of H.P. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs. Follow the Darling children-Wendy, John, and Michael-as they fly over the rooftops of London to Neverland and have adventures with the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell, Tiger Lily, mermaids, and the dreadful Captain Hook and his band of pirates.Įssential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Barrie to five brothers and first produced as a play in 1904, Peter Pan is the beloved and classic story about the boy who never grows up.
This collectible edition of Peter Pan, packaged in a beautiful, vibrant clothbound hardcover, is unabridged and includes 12 color and black-and-white illustrations by F.D.
0 kommentar(er)
