The cover page is adapted from View of Kensington Gardens, London, a painting completed in 1812 by John Linnell. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Linnell_(painter)www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Little White Bird
章节(26)
- I: David and I Set Forth Upon a Journey 0:00
- II: The Little Nursery Governess 13:41
- III: Her Marriage, Her Clothes, Her Appetite, and an Inventory of Her Furniture 30:09
- IV: A Night-Piece 47:11
- V: The Fight for Timothy 59:59
- VI: A Shock 1:16:00
- VII: The Last of Timothy 1:23:46
- VIII: The Inconsiderate Waiter 1:30:59
- IX: A Confirmed Spinster 1:50:58
- X: Sporting Reflections 2:07:06
- XI: The Runaway Perambulator 2:10:09
- XII: The Pleasantest Club in London 2:29:27
- XIII: The Grand Tour of the Gardens 2:45:18
- XIV: Peter Pan 3:03:24
- XV: The Thrush’s Nest 3:22:30
- XVI: Lockout Time 3:41:39
- XVII: The Little House 4:05:19
- XVIII: Peter’s Goat 4:39:54
- XIX: An Interloper 4:58:08
- XX: David and Porthos Compared 5:05:49
- XXI: William Paterson 5:19:21
- XXII: Joey 5:36:17
- XXIII: Pilkington’s 5:52:53
- XXIV: Barbara 6:11:02
- XXV: The Cricket Match 6:26:46
- XXVI: The Dedication 6:32:29
The Little White Bird is generally divided into three sections: the first chronicles the narrator’s life in London, beginning with how he came to know a little boy named David (who joins him on his adventures), and describes other matters of his everyday life.
The second section tells the story of how Peter Pan came to be a “betwixt-and-between” and his adventures in Kensington Gardens, including his interactions with the birds as well as the fairies hidden in the park.
Finally, the third section of the book revisits London with the narrator and David. The two make brief visits to Kensington Gardens and embark on a new adventure to Patagonia.
The Little White Bird is the first story to include the famous Peter Pan character, two years before Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, the play that made the character famous. While The Little White Bird can be described as a prelude to the play, inconsistencies such as Peter Pan’s age make the two stories incompatible.