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J.M. Barrie, the du Mauriers and the dark side of Neverland

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An edition of Captivated (2008)

Captivated

J.M. Barrie, the du Mauriers and the dark side of Neverland

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"Captivated is a true story of genius and possession at a crossroads in time, when the late nineteenth-century world of the occult and the psychic arts gave way to the new science of psychology." "The central characters are J.M. Barrie, a man tormented by inner demons since childhood; George du Maurier, the creator of Svengali, who showed how it is possible by means of hypnosis for one person to gain control over the mind of another; and Daphne du Maurier, George's enigmatic granddaughter, author of Rebecca and secret chronicler of her family's story." "This book delves deep, makes links and yields up secrets. It tells how Barrie brought his victims to nervous breakdown, early death and suicide, and how three writers formed an image of their dark side - in Svengali, Peter Pan and Rebecca - and how these images cleaved to reality and took control."--Jacket.

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Chatto & Windus
Language
English
Pages
333

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Subjects

Friends and associates, English Novelists, Scottish Novelists, Influence, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Imagination, Friendship, Biography, Barrie, j. m. (james matthew), 1860-1937, Authors, scottish, Authors, biography, Du maurier, daphne, 1907-1989, Du maurier family, Authors, english

People

James M. Barrie, Daphne Du Maurier (1907-1989), J. M. Barrie (1860-1937), Du Maurier family, Daphne Du Maurier

Times

20th century

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Captivated: J. M. Barrie, Daphne du Maurier and the Dark Side of Neverland
2011, Penguin Random House
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Captivated: J.M. Barrie, the du Mauriers and the dark side of Neverland
2008, Chatto & Windus
in English
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Table of Contents

Family Tree -- -- pt. I.
1945-1960: The Lost Boys and Daphne -- -- Ch. 1.
Peter's suicide: a case to answer -- -- Ch. 2.
What is the secret? -- -- pt. II.
1789-1862: Kicky and Barrie: learning to fly -- -- Ch. 1.
Du Maurier dreamers -- -- Ch. 2.
Peak experience -- -- Ch. 3.
The boy who hated mothers -- -- Ch. 4.
Nervous breakdown -- -- pt. III.
1885-1894: Kicky, Barrie and Svengali: the secret -- -- Ch. 1.
Impotent and ambitious -- -- Ch. 2.
Gateway to Neverland -- -- Ch. 3.
Purloining the key -- -- Ch. 4.
The corruption of Neverland -- -- pt. IV.
1894-1910: Sylvia, the Lost Boys and Uncle Jim: the Peter Pan Inheritance -- -- Ch. 1.
Slipping into madness -- -- Ch. 2.
Predator and victim -- -- Ch. 3.
Philanderings in the park -- -- Ch. 4.
The boy in the box -- -- Ch. 5.
Flying Uncle Jim to Neverland -- -- Ch. 6.
Peter Pan, a demon boy -- -- Ch. 7.
Sylvia's Will -- -- pt. V.
1910-1921: Michael, Daphne and Uncle Jim: 'An Awfully Big Adventure' -- -- Ch. 1.
Looking for Michael -- -- Ch. 2.
Daphne's initiation -- -- Ch. 3.
Michael's suicide -- -- pt. VI.
1921-1989: Uncle Jim and Daphne: the Rebecca Inheritance -- -- Ch. 1.
Rebecca, a demon boy -- -- Ch. 2.
Breakdown and suicide -- -- Ch. 3.
No escape -- -- Appendix.
On Women in Love.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
828.91209
Library of Congress
PR4076 .D78 2008, PR4076

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 333 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
333

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Open Library
OL28989583M
Internet Archive
captivatedjmbarr0000dudg
ISBN 10
0701182164, 0701182172
ISBN 13
9780701182168, 9780701182175
OCLC/WorldCat
213382492

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