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J.M. Barrie

Born

in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland

May 09, 1860

Died

June 19, 1937

Genre

Children's, Fiction, Drama

Influences

Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, R.M. Ballantyne, Oscar Wilde, Ar ...more

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James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays.

The son of a weaver, Barrie studied at the University of Edinburgh. He took up journalism for a newspaper in Nottingham and contributed to various London journals before moving there in 1885. His early Auld Licht Idylls (1889) and A Window in Thrums (1889) contain fictional sketches of Scottish life representative of the Kailyard school. The publication of The Little Minister (1891) established his reputation as a novelist. During the next decade, Barrie continued to write novels, but gradually, his interest turn ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 457,631 ratings · 21,469 reviews · 2,390 distinct works • Similar authors

	Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 373,864 ratings — published 1911 — 5055 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (Peter Pan, #1) by J.M. Barrie, Arthur Rackham (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 15,357 ratings — published 1906 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peter Pan: Peter and Wendy and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens 3.76 avg rating — 2,030 ratings — published 2005 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peter Pan: The Complete Adventures by J.M. Barrie, Francis Donkin Bedford (Illustrator), Arthur Rackham (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 1,644 ratings — published 1904 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little White Bird (Peter Pan, #0.5) 3.83 avg rating — 1,213 ratings — published 1902 — 447 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peter Pan and Other Plays by J.M. Barrie, Peter Hollindale (Editor) 3.91 avg rating — 749 ratings — published 1975 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le avventure di Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, Paolo Falcone (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 656 ratings — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Admirable Crichton 3.74 avg rating — 640 ratings — published 1902 — 138 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie, Peter Hollindale (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 593 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peter Pan: or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up: A Fantasy in Five Acts by J.M. Barrie, Trevor Nunn 3.99 avg rating — 546 ratings — published 1904 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by J.M. Barrie

Peter Pan (2 books)
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4.02 avg rating — 392,487 ratings

Thrums (3 books)
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3.74 avg rating — 384 ratings

Sentimental Tommy (2 books)
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3.71 avg rating — 127 ratings

Quotes by J.M. Barrie (?)

“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

tags: adventure, love

17492 likes

“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

tags: faith, life, pixie-dust, trust

9022 likes

“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

tags: goodbye

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