J. M. BARRIE Ultimate Collection: 90+ Titles in one Volume (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Peter Pan adventures, novels, plays, essays & memoirs — a 90+ title illustrated setBy J. M. Barrie
Length144h 28m
About this audiobook
J. M. BARRIE Ultimate Collection: 90+ Titles in one Volume (Illustrated) gathers the remarkable breadth of Barrie's imagination: plays, novels, stories, sketches, and essays that range from the wistful enchantments of Peter Pan to the sharp social observation of his Scottish fiction. Read together, these works reveal a writer of delicate irony, theatrical instinct, and emotional ambiguity, poised between late-Victorian sentiment and modern psychological unease. Born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, in 1860, James Matthew Barrie drew deeply on childhood memory, provincial life, and the losses that shaped his family history. His mother's grief after the death of his brother David profoundly influenced Barrie's lifelong fascination with childhood, arrested growth, and the consolations of fantasy. His career in journalism and the London theatre sharpened his gift for dialogue, pacing, and humane satire. This illustrated collection is recommended to readers seeking more than the familiar myth of Neverland. It offers a comprehensive encounter with Barrie as dramatist, novelist, humorist, and moral observer, illuminating why his work continues to charm, trouble, and reward serious literary attention.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length144 hrs 28 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 24, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
76Dite Deuchars
2Introduction
77The Minister's Gown
3Author Biography
78Shutting a Map
4Historical Context
79An Invalid in Lodgings
5Synopsis (Selection)
80The Mystery of Time-Tables
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6Peter Pan Adventures
81Mending the Clock
7Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
82The Biggest Box in the World
8Peter and Wendy (pt. 1)
83The Coming Dramatist
9Peter and Wendy (pt. 2)
84The Result of a Tramp
10Peter and Wendy (pt. 3)
85The Other "Times"
11Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (pt. 1)
86How Gavin Birse Put it to Mag Lownie
12Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (pt. 2)
87The Late Sherlock Holmes
13When Wendy Grew Up
88Plays
14Novels
89Ibsen’s Ghost
15Better Dead
90Jane Annie
16When a Man's Single (pt. 1)
91Walker, London
17When a Man's Single (pt. 2)
92The Professor's Love Story (pt. 1)
18When a Man's Single (pt. 3)
93The Professor's Love Story (pt. 2)
19When a Man's Single (pt. 4)
94The Little Minister: A Play (pt. 1)
20Auld Licht Idylls (pt. 1)
95The Little Minister: A Play (pt. 2)
21Auld Licht Idylls (pt. 2)
96The Wedding Guest
22A Window in Thrums (pt. 1)
97Little Mary (pt. 1)
23A Window in Thrums (pt. 2)
98Little Mary (pt. 2)
24The Little Minister (pt. 1)
99Quality Street (pt. 1)
25The Little Minister (pt. 2)
100Quality Street (pt. 2)
26The Little Minister (pt. 3)
101The Admirable Crichton (pt. 1)
27The Little Minister (pt. 4)
102The Admirable Crichton (pt. 2)
28The Little Minister (pt. 5)
103What Every Woman Knows (pt. 1)
29Sentimental Tommy (pt. 1)
104What Every Woman Knows (pt. 2)
30Sentimental Tommy (pt. 2)
105Der Tag (The Tragic Man)
31Sentimental Tommy (pt. 3)
106Dear Brutus (pt. 1)
32Sentimental Tommy (pt. 4)
107Dear Brutus (pt. 2)
33Sentimental Tommy (pt. 5)
108Alice Sit-by-the-Fire (pt. 1)
34Tommy and Grizel
109Alice Sit-by-the-Fire (pt. 2)
35Part I (pt. 1)
110A Kiss for Cinderella (pt. 1)
36Part I (pt. 2)
111A Kiss for Cinderella (pt. 2)
37Part I (pt. 3)
112Half an Hour
38Part II (pt. 1)
113Seven Women
39Part II (pt. 2)
114Old Friends
40Part II (pt. 3)
115Mary Rose (pt. 1)
41The Little White Bird (pt. 1)
116Mary Rose (pt. 2)
42The Little White Bird (pt. 2)
117Half Hours
43The Little White Bird (pt. 3)
118Pantaloon
44Lady's Shoe
119The Twelve-Pound Look
45A Tillyloss Scandal
120Rosalind
46Life in a Country Manse
121The Will
47Short Stories
122Echoes of the War
48A Holiday in Bed and Other Sketches
123The Old Lady Shows Her Medals
49A Holiday in Bed
124The New Word
50A Powerful Drug
125Barbara's Wedding
51Every Man His own Doctor
126A Well-Remembered Voice
52Gretna Green Revisited
127Essays
53My Favorite Authoress
128Neither Dorking Nor The Abbey
54The Captain of the School
129Charles Frohman: A Tribute
55Thoughtful Boys Make Thoughtful Men
130Courage
56It
131Preface to The Young Visiters
57To the Influenza
132The Man from Nowhere
58Four-in-Hand Novelists
133Woman and the Press
59Rules on Carving
134A Plea for Smaller Books
60On Running After a Hat
135Boy's Books: Their Glorification
61Two of Them and Other Stories
136The Lost Works of George Meredith
62Two of Them
137The Humor of Dickens
63Our New Servant
138Ndintpile Pont(?)
64Reminiscences of an Umbrella
139Q
65The Playwright and the Fowl
140What is Scott's Best Novel?
66The "Fox-Terrier" Frisky
141Memoirs
67The Family Honor
142Margaret Ogilvy (pt. 1)
68The Wicked Cigar
143Margaret Ogilvy (pt. 2)
69My Husband's Book
144An Edinburgh Eleven: Pencil Portraits from College Life
70Was it a Watch?
145My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke (pt. 1)
71Is it a Man?
146My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke (pt. 2)
72A Woodland Path
147My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke (pt. 3)
73Other Stories
148Analysis
74Inconsiderate Waiter
149Reflection
75The Courting of T'Nowhead's Bell
150Memorable Quotes
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