J. M. BARRIE Ultimate Collection: 90+ Titles in one Volume (Illustrated)

This carefully crafted ebook: "J. M. BARRIE Ultimate Collection: 90+ Titles in one Volume (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Peter Pan Adventures Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Peter and Wendy Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up When Wendy Grew Up Novels Better Dead When a Man's Single Auld Licht Idylls A Window in Thrums The Little Minister Sentimental Tommy Tommy and Grizel The Little White Bird A Tillyloss Scandal Life in a Country Manse Lady's Shoe Short Stories A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches Two of Them and Other Stories Other Short Stories Inconsiderate Waiter The Courting of T'Nowhead's Bell Dite Deuchars The Minister's Gown Shutting a Map An Invalid in Lodgings The Mystery of Time-Tables Mending the Clock The Biggest Box in the World The Coming Dramatist The Result of a Tramp The Other "Times" How Gavin Birse Put it to Mag Lownie The Late Sherlock Holmes Plays Ibsen's Ghost Jane Annie Walker, London The Professor's Love Story The Little Minister The Wedding Guest Little Mary Quality Street The Admirable Crichton What Every Woman Knows Der Tag (The Tragic Man) Dear Brutus Alice Sit-by-the-Fire A Kiss for Cinderella Half an Hour Seven Women Old Friends Mary Rose Pantaloon The Twelve-Pound Look Rosalind The Will The Old Lady Shows Her Medals The New Word Barbara's Wedding A Well-Remembered Voice Essays Neither Dorking Nor The Abbey Charles Frohman: A Tribute Courage Preface to The Young Visiters The Man from Nowhere Woman and the Press A Plea for Smaller Books Boy's Books The Lost Works of George Meredith The Humor of Dickens Ndintpile Pont Q What is Scott's Best Novel? Memoirs Margaret Ogilvy An Edinburgh Eleven My Lady Nicotine Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) is one of the greatest Scottish novelists and playwrights, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan.

Sir James Matthew Barrie, born on May 9, 1860, in Kirriemuir, Scotland, was a novelist and playwright whose enduring fame rests on his creation of Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up. Barrie attended the University of Edinburgh and began his foray into literature as a journalist. His transition to fiction was marked by adept characterization and a whimsical wit. 'The Little Minister' (1891) brought him to the public's attention, and he followed it with a successful series of novels, including 'Sentimental Tommy' (1896) and 'Tommy and Grizel' (1900). However, his unique literary acclaim stems from his works for the stage. 'Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up' (1904) was Barrie's most iconic play, fulfilling his fantastical literary style. The remarkable thematic complexity of Barrie's writings, where he interweaved whimsy with depth, addressing the juxtaposition of innocence and experience, have led scholars to consider his influence on children's literature profound. Barrie's knighthood in 1913 for services to literature, and the Order of Merit received in 1922, affirmed his status within the British literary canon. His assemblage of works was posthumously compiled in 'J. M. BARRIE Ultimate Collection: 90+ Titles in one Volume (Illustrated)', ensuring his literary legacy persists. Drawing upon a rich portfolio of novels, plays and short stories, Barrie's prolific career and contribution to English literature remain celebrated to this day.