The Little White Bird [Paperback]

James Matthew Barrie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2004 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Has it ever been your lot, reader, to be persecuted by a pretty woman who thinks, without a tittle of reason, that you are bowed down under a hopeless partiality for her? It is thus that I have been pursued for several years now by the unwelcome sympathy of the tender-hearted and virtuous Mary A----. When we pass in the street the poor deluded soul subdues her buoyancy.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419170384
• ISBN-13: 978-1419170386
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,386,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tantalizing, December 20, 2005

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This review is from: The Little White Bird (Paperback)

Sir James Matthew Barrie (May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and dramatist. He is best known for creating the character Peter Pan, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn-Davies boys.

Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, the second youngest of ten children, and was educated at Dumfries Academy and Edinburgh University. He became a journalist at Nottingham, then London, and became a novelist. His first novels were set in Kirriemuir, disguised as "Thrums" (his father was a weaver). Barrie often wrote dialogue in Scots. He then wrote for the theater, including Quality Street, What Every Woman Knows, and The Admirable Crichton.

His 'Thrums' novels were hugely successful when they were published, starting with Auld Licht Idylls (1888). Next came A Window in Thrums (1889) and The Little Minister (1891). His two 'Tommy' novels, Sentimental Tommy and Tommy and Grizel came in 1896 and 1902 and dealt with themes much more explicitly related to what would become Peter Pan. The first appearance of Pan came in The Little White Bird (1901). This book is significant for that reason and is a very enjoyable read.