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Sir James
Matthew Barrie is the author of Peter Pan, the
timeless children's fantasy that has been adapted for film, television
and stage, and practically become legend in its own right. He began his
career as a novelist and journalist, but the majority of his work was as
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An imaginative and prolific writer,
Barrie's other works are all too easily overlooked because of his
astonishing success with the stories of Peter Pan. His explorations of
magical worlds and human emotion were particularly intense, and
crucially, they appealed greatly to a large number of people. Peter
Pan was, however, largely autobiographical, since Barrie himself
never really wanted to grow up. Peter Pan first appeared as a
stage play, at the Duke of York, London, in 1906, before it was
published as a book in 1907.
Some of his works are listed below:
The Little Minister (1891)
Sentimental Tommy (1896)
Tommy and Grizel (1900)
Quality Street (stage play) (1901)
The Little White Bird (1902)
The Admirable Crichton (stage play) (1902)
Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (stage play) (1904)
Peter and Wendy (novelisation) (1911)
Dear Brutus (stage play) (1917)
Mary Rose (stage play) (1920)
In 1913 Barrie became a baronet and in 1922 he received the Order of
Merit. He was also elected Lord Rector of St Andrews University. In 1930
he became Chancellor of Edinburgh University.
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