J.M. Barrie

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born

May 09, 1860

died

June 19, 1937

gender

male

place of birth

Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Literature & Fiction

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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM, more commonly known as J.M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. He is also credited with the creation of the name "Wendy", which was non-existent in either Britain or America before he gave it to the heroine of Peter Pan. He was made a baronet in 1913; his baronetcy was not inherited.

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avg rating: 4.21 | 4075 ratings | 83 distinct works

	Peter Pan (100th Anniversary Edition) by J.M. Barrie avg rating 4.23 — 2046 ratings — published 1909 261 editions	my rating:
	Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens : Peter and Wendy (Oxford World's Classics) by J.M. Barrie avg rating 4.26 — 160 ratings — published 1911 25 editions	my rating:
	The Little White Bird (Paperback) by J.M. Barrie avg rating 4.22 — 28 ratings — published 1913 14 editions	my rating:
	Peter Pan and Other Plays: The Admirable Crichton; Peter Pan; When Wendy Grew Up; What Every Woman Knows; Mary Rose (Oxford World's Classics) by J.M. Barrie avg rating 4.26 — 23 ratings — published 1999 3 editions	my rating:
	The Little Minister (Paperback) by J.M. Barrie avg rating 4.00 — 17 ratings — published 2006 9 editions	my rating:
	The Admirable Crichton (Paperback) by J.M. Barrie avg rating 3.80 — 10 ratings — published 2006 23 editions	my rating:
	Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (Hardcover) by J.M. Barrie avg rating 4.50 — 9 ratings — published 1911 20 editions	my rating:
	Sentimental Tommy (Dodo Press) by J.M. Barrie avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 2006 7 editions	my rating:
	Dear Brutus (Paperback) by J.M. Barrie avg rating 4.20 — 4 ratings — published 2006 5 editions	my rating:
	My Lady Nicotine. A Study in Smoke (Illustrated) by J.M. Barrie avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published 2007	my rating:

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quotes by J.M. Barrie

"To love would be an awfully big adventure."
— J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan)

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"When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies."
— J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan)

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"Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves."
— J.M. Barrie

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