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J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
1860–1937
Best remembered for creating Peter Pan, this Scottish writer and dramatist had a gift for mixing whimsy, tenderness, and a touch of melancholy. His stories often draw on childhood, imagination, and the emotional pull of home.
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Peter Pan : [Peter and Wendy]
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Peter and Wendy
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Quality Street: A Comedy
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Echoes of the War
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Better Dead
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Margaret Ogilvy
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
The Story of Peter Pan, Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie
by Daniel O'Connor, J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
When a Man's Single: A Tale of Literary Life
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Alice Sit-By-The-Fire
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Auld Licht Idyls
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Tommy and Grizel
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
The Little Minister
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Auld Licht Idylls
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Courage
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
An Edinburgh Eleven: Pencil Portraits from College Life
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Mary Rose : A play in three acts
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
A kiss for Cinderella: A comedy
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Pekka Poikanen (Peter Pan)
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
The Admirable Crichton
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
What Every Woman Knows
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
A Holiday in Bed, and Other Sketches
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of James Matthew Barrie
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
The old lady shows her medals
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Dear Brutus
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
"Der Tag"; or, The Tragic Man
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
The Little Minister
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
A Window in Thrums
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Peter Pan : or, The boy who would not grow up
by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
About the author
Born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, in 1860, J. M. Barrie studied at the University of Edinburgh before working as a journalist in Nottingham and London. He first won readers with fiction rooted in Scottish life, including Auld Licht Idylls, and later became a major figure in the London theater world.
Barrie is most famous for Peter Pan, first staged in 1904, which introduced the boy who would not grow up and became one of the best-loved characters in children's literature. He also wrote novels, short stories, and many other plays, building a reputation for work that could be funny, dreamlike, and unexpectedly moving all at once.
He died in London in 1937, but his writing has remained widely read and performed. More than a century later, Barrie is still remembered for the sense of wonder in his work and for the way Peter Pan continues to speak to both children and adults.