![]() Their marriage was reportedly unconsummated, and they had no children. For many years (until a painful divorce) Barrie lived with his wife in South Kensington. Barrie had long been haunted by the idea of a child that never grows up, ever since the death of his elder brother when he was six. A novelised version of the play followed in 1911. Peter Pan, his most lasting creation, debuted as a novel in 1902 before becoming a play in 1904. Barrie enjoyed more success as a playwright. After a fledgling career as a journalist, he started to write novels that evoked nostalgia for a lost pre-industrial Scotland, which were not well received. ![]() Barrie was a keen reader from early childhood, enjoying books by James Fenimore Cooper and Walter Scott. He was educated in Glasgow, Angus and Dumfries before attending the University of Edinburgh. ![]() Barrie (Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1860–1937) was born in Angus, Scotland, the ninth of ten children. ![]()
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