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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, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, ...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: 4.06 · 430,288 ratings · 19,219 reviews · 1,929 distinct works • Similar authors

	Peter Pan 4.04 avg rating — 352,633 ratings — published 1911 — 2429 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 by J.M. Barrie, Arthur Rackham (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 9,392 ratings — published 1906 — 505 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 and Wendy by J.M. Barrie, Peter Hollindale (Editor), Rodrigo Breunig (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 7,239 ratings — published 1906 — 81 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) 4.18 avg rating — 1,586 ratings — published 1904 — 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 Little White Bird 3.84 avg rating — 1,121 ratings — published 1902 — 449 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 — 722 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
	The Admirable Crichton 3.74 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 1902 — 394 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 4.02 avg rating — 496 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
	Le avventure di Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, Paolo Falcone (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 355 ratings — 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 Minister 3.91 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 1891 — 461 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 (4 books)
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J.M. Barrie,

Francis Donkin Bedford (Illustrator),

Arthur Rackham (Illustrator)

4.03 avg rating — 370,850 ratings

Thrums (3 books)
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J.M. Barrie

3.74 avg rating — 368 ratings

Sentimental Tommy (2 books)
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J.M. Barrie

3.76 avg rating — 119 ratings

Quotes by J.M. Barrie (?)

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

tags: adventure, love

17489 likes

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

tags: faith, life, pixie-dust, trust

9000 likes

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

tags: goodbye

5424 likes

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September 2015 Revisit the Shelf, Reread Poll

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

30 votes, 20.8%

1814, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, 507 pages

26 votes, 18.1%

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

22 votes, 15.3%

1718, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 320 pages

19 votes, 13.2%

1883, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 311 pages

19 votes, 13.2%

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

19 votes, 13.2%

1935, Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, 320 pages

9 votes, 6.3%

144 total votes

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