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J.M. Barrie (1860-1937) was the Scottish novelist and playwright best known for the creation of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up in Neverland. Peter Pan is one of the most popular children's characters ever and remains a favorite across the world.

Sentimental Tommy. The story of his boyhood. This book, "Sentimental Tommy. The story of his boyhood", by J. M. Barrie, is a replication of a book originally published before 1896. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close... Read Full Overview

Written before his masterpiece Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie's novel Sentimental Tommy grapples with a number of the same themes that the author would later so memorably enshrine in his best-known work. Both feature a central character who clings to the vestiges of youth and refuses... Read Full Overview

The celebrated Tommy first comes into view on a dirty London stair, and he was in sexless garments, which were all he had, and he was five, and so though we are looking at him, we must do it sideways, lest he sit down hurriedly to hide them. That inscrutable face, which made... Read Full Overview

The celebrated Tommy first comes into view on a dirty London stair, and he was insexless garments, which were all he had, and he was five, and so though we are looking athim, we must do it sideways, lest he sit down hurriedly to hide them. That inscrutable face, which made the... Read Full Overview