The Intrusive Narrator

From Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Barrie's distinctive, knowing narrator who addresses readers, makes asides, and at times seems to resent Peter or grieve for Wendy.
Chapter 11

The narrator's intrusion about Mrs. Darling — 'Let us pretend that we are in the nursery once more' — the storyteller's playful manipulation.

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Chapter 16

'I find I won't be able to say nasty things about her after all' — the narrator's open emotional involvement with the characters.

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