A Window in Thrums - the story of the "untrue son" - is one of several novels about the fictional village of Thrums, said to be modeled on Barrie's home town of Kirriemuir. "It is a delightful, entirely sympathetic, and loyal description of Scotch village life; of religion, courtship, gossip, and the comedy and the tragedy of the weaving village of Thrums."
Delphi Classics. 2013. — 4005 p. Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland but moved to London, where he wrote a number of successful novels and plays. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a...
The Little White Bird, or Adventures in Kensington Garden. 1902. A novel by James Barry in which he first writes about Peter Pan. Fantasy and social comedy aimed at adults. Later the Peter Pan chapters will be published separately as a children's book. David and I Set Forth Upon a Journey The Little Nursery Governess Her Marriage, Her Clothes, Her Appetite, and an Inventory of...
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