J. M. Barrie 1 hr 57 min read

On Midsummer Eve, a mysterious host gathers strangers at his house near a wood that appears only on that one night, the enchanted wood of second chances.

J. M. Barrie's 1917 play, by the creator of Peter Pan, is a bittersweet fantasy in which guests step into a magical wood and glimpse the lives they might have led. Wise, wistful, quietly devastating. Read it for a beloved theatrical fantasy about fate, regret, and whether the fault is in our stars or ourselves.

In its time

Published in 1917, during the 1910s, lost worlds and interplanetary adventure.

Reading it

1 hr 57 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).