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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 · 458,808 ratings · 21,589 reviews · 2,386 distinct works • Similar authors

	Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 374,600 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 — 15,556 ratings — published 1906 — 539 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 — 2,050 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 — 1,650 ratings — published 1904 — 5 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 — 1,222 ratings — published 1902 — 318 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 — 750 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 — 641 ratings — published 1902 — 340 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) 3.83 avg rating — 593 ratings	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 — 548 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 — 393,459 ratings

Thrums (3 books)
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J.M. Barrie

3.74 avg rating — 385 ratings

Sentimental Tommy (2 books)
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J.M. Barrie

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

17490 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

5404 likes

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September 2015 Revisit the Shelf, Reread Poll

1895, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, 118 pages

29 votes, 20.3%

1814, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, 507 pages

26 votes, 18.2%

1891, Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, 518 pages

22 votes, 15.4%

1718, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 320 pages

19 votes, 13.3%

1883, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 311 pages

19 votes, 13.3%

1902, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, 176 pages

19 votes, 13.3%

1935, Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, 320 pages

9 votes, 6.3%

143 total votes

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