The Admirable Crichton by Barrie, James Matthew (9781438503073)

The Admirable Crichton

by Barrie, James Matthew

Paperback - English

J M Barrie was a Scottish novelist and dramatist best known for creating the character Peter Pan. Barrie was given a Baronet in 1913 for his literary accomplishments. Peter Pan first appeared in a serial called The Little White Bird in 1901. In 1904 the play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up was first produced. Barrie has created another humorous work in The Admirable Crichton where positions are reversed when the wealthy Earl of Loam and his resourceful butler Crichton are shipwrecked on a desert island.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

1438503075

EAN

9781438503073

Publisher

BOOK JUNGLE

Publication Date

22 Oct 2008

Pages

136

Weight (kg)

0.24

Dimensions (cm)

23.5 x 19.0 x 0.7

About Author

Sir James Mathew Barrie was born on May 9, 1860, at Kirriemuir in Scotland, the ninth of ten children of a weaver. When Barrie was six, his older brother David died in a skating accident. Barrie then became his mother's chief comforter, while David remained in her memory a boy of thirteen who would never grow up. Barrie received his M.A. degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1882 and began working as a journalist. In 1885 he moved to London, and his writings were collected in "Auld Licht Idlls" (1888) and "A Window in Thurns" (1889), which, together with a sentimental novel, "The Little M