J. M Barrie
1) Peter Pan
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Peter Pan teaches Wendy and her brothers to fly to Never-Never Land, where they share some exciting adventures with Indians and pirates.
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This book forms part of our 'Pook Press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literature. 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' is a true classic of Children's literature. It was written by J.M. Barrie (1860-1937), and tells the story of a mischievous boy who can fly and never grows up. He spends his never-ending childhood on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang, the Los Boys. Mermaids, Native Americans,...
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Margaret Ogilvy (1897) is a biography by J. M. Barrie. Although he is more widely known as a popular storyteller whose Peter Pan books are filled with the wit and wonder of history's greatest fairytales, Barrie was also a gifted memoirist and biographer. Margaret Ogilvy is the story of his mother and their life as a family in Scotland. Written in tribute to her influence on his life as a professional writer, Margaret Ogilvy was a bestselling book...
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A tale of romance and upheaval in a Scottish village by the author of Peter Pan.
Inspired by his mother's stories of her youth, J. M. Barrie wrote this novel recounting a young man's life in the little village of Thrums, in which the primary industry is weaving. Gavin is a minister in the austere sect known as the Auld Lichts, and he is about to stumble into love-but not without some elaborate complications. In addition, Thrums will be wracked by...
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The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly, then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land, where they find Red Indians, wolves, Mermaids and... Pirates. The leader of the pirates is the sinister Captain Hook. His hand was bitten off by a crocodile, who, as Captain Hook explains 'liked me arm so much that he has followed me ever since, licking his lips for the rest...
6) Peter Pan
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Cerca de los jardines de Kensington, en Londres, vivían Wendy, John y el pequeño Michael. Tenían una niñera muy especial: una grande y dulce perra llamada Nana. Y tenían un amigo todavía más especial: Peter Pan...
La colección Cuentos de bolsillo reúne los cuentos y fábulas de toda la vida relatados con una visión muy actual y acompañados por magníficas ilustraciones de artistas de primera línea. La redacción de los textos en letra...
7) Better Dead
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Duke Classics
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2014
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Better Dead" by J. M. Barrie. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
8) Dear Brutus
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The 1917 production of his play, "Dear Brutus," was one in a long string of successes for Barrie. The play, set in the manor of a mysterious man called Lob, takes a group of ordinary men and women and asks the question: What might happen to a person given the opportunity to remake their life? The guests are whisked into a dream-like world where they are shown what their lives "might have been." Throughout the play, Barrie imparts to his audience deep...
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Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan, was a Scottish author and dramatist whose works have enjoyed frequent revivals in film and on stage. One of his most popular plays, "What Every Woman Knows", enjoyed immediate success on both the London and New York stages. The Wylies, an uneducated but well-to-do Scottish family, acknowledges the fact that their charmless daughter, Maggie, may never be married. Arrangements...
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The Little White Bird (1902) is a novel by J. M. Barrie. Inspired by his friendship with George Llewelyn Davies, the grandson of writer George du Maurier, Barrie penned this heartwarming tale of imagination and adventure featuring for the first time his beloved character Peter Pan. Broken into short episodes, The Little White Bird follows Captain W., a childless veteran, on his visits to David and his family in Kensington Gardens. Through their friendship,...
11) Peter and Wendy
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All children, except one, grow up. Thus begins a great classic of children's literature that we all remember as magical. What we tend to forget, because the tale of Peter Pan and Neverland has been so relentlessly boiled down, hashed up, and coated in saccharine, is that J.M. Barrie's original version is also witty, sophisticated, and delightfully odd. The Darling children, Wendy, John, and Michael, live a very proper middle-class life in Edwardian...
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A Window in Thrums is a sorrowful tale about the lonely life of old Jess in the Scottish countryside. Excerpt: "On the bump of a green round which the brae twists, at the top of the brae, and within cry of T'nowhead Farm, still stands a one-story house, whose whitewashed walls, streaked with the discoloration that rain leaves, look yellow when the snow comes. In the old days the stiff ascent left Thrums behind, and where is now the making of a suburb...
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“A Kiss for Cinderella” is a play written by J.M. Barrie. The story revolves around a poor and lonely Cinderella who is transformed into a beautiful princess by the help of a fairy. She attends a ball and meets the prince, who she falls in love with. However, the prince must find the owner of the glass slipper left behind at the ball, and with the help of the fairy, Cinderella's identity is revealed, and she and the prince live happily ever after....
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Sentimental Tommy is a novel by J.M. Barrie. The story revolves around the life of Tommy Sandys, an imaginative and sensitive young man. As he navigates through various experiences, Tommy is forced to confront the realities of life and the consequences of his own actions. He struggles with feelings of sadness and isolation, but ultimately learns the importance of love and forgiveness. The novel is a coming-of-age story that explores the complexities...
16) Courage
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Duke Classics
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2014
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Though he achieved literary acclaim as a dramatist, most notably with the timeless children's classic Peter Pan, author J. M. Barrie tackled many subjects over the course of his career, often grappling with philosophical and psychological topics. The breadth of his intellect is on full display in Courage, which is the text of a stirring and inspirational speech he delivered to a group of graduating college students in the early 1920s.
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Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan, was a Scottish author and dramatist whose works have enjoyed frequent revivals in film and on stage. One of his most penetrating and socially critical plays was "The Admirable Crichton", which first appeared in 1902 at the Duke of York's Theatre in London. The comical play deals with questions of social hierarchy, and sheds light on a society where rank is established...
18) Tommy and Grizel
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Tommy and Grizel' is a romance-humor novel written by J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan. It revolves around a man named Tommy, who the narrator disdains for his overly sentimental perspective in life. After several difficult trials Tommy experienced as an author, he returned to his hometown in Scotland and met Grizel, his first love.
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My Lady Nicotine is a humorous essay by Scottish author J.M. Barrie. The author reflects on his love affair with smoking, including the pleasures and difficulties of quitting, and the role of smoking in society. The essay is written in a lighthearted and anecdotal style and provides insight into Barrie's personal life and views on nicotine addiction.
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"ECHOES OF THE WAR" contains four short stories. "THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALS", "THE NEW WORD", "BARBARA'S WEDDING", and "A WELL-REMEMBERED VOICE." The stories are about death and loss and the way family life tries to tame–literally, to domesticate–those painful realities. While "Peter Pan" is essentially and deliberately timeless, "Echoes of the War" is firmly anchored in the time of The Great War and the social disruptions it created.