Account

Company

  Menu

Description

Edited and introduced by Andrew Nash. This selection of J M Barrie's work covers three different genres and all the most telling themes found in his writing: Scotland, childhood, fantasy and sentimentality, sexual anxiety, theatrical invention, social comedy and proto-feminism. The disturbing prose fable of The Little White Bird contains the first and most original exploration of the Peter Pan theme, properly set in the wider context of a middle-aged man's engagement with creation, fantasy and loneliness -- a theme which made Barrie world-famous and haunted him for the rest of his life. In a one-act play of scintillating satire, The Twelve-Pound Look exposes the pomposities of male pride and public success in 1910 from the point of view of an ex-wife unexpectedly returned as her (be)knighted husband's typist. Written in diary form and telling of an uncanny romance in a remote winter glen, Farewell Miss Julie Logan evokes the author's fascination with longing, death and loss in a novella which can stand with the stories of the supernatural and which itself raises questions about the nature of romance fiction. This volume offers an exciting reassessment of one of Scotland's most unusual and misrepresented writers. 'Barrie can justly be called a pioneer of modern fantasy.' The Times

Tag This Book

This Book Has Been Tagged
It hasn't. Be the first to tag this book!

Our Recommendation

Track It. This book has been $9.99 within the past year.

Notify Me When The Price...

  • $
  • If I'm already tracking this book...

to track this book on eReaderIQ.

Track These Authors

to track J. M. Barrie on eReaderIQ.

  • to be notified each time the price drops on any book by J. M. Barrie.
  • to stop tracking J. M. Barrie.

Price Summary

  • We started tracking this book on March 10, 2013.
  • This book was $7.99 when we started tracking it.
  • The price of this book has changed 62 times in the past 4,037 days.
  • The current price of this book is $10.79 last checked 9 hours ago.
  • This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $9.99.
  • The lowest price to date was $7.34 last reached on November 9, 2017.
  • This book has been $7.34 one time since we started tracking it.
  • The highest price to date was $10.79 last reached on January 15, 2024.
  • This book has been $10.79 14 times since we started tracking it.
  • This book is currently at its highest price since we started tracking it.

Genres

Additional Info

  • Publication Date: July 1, 2010
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Disabled
  • Print Length: 334 Pages
  • File Size: 2,441 KB

We last verified the price of this book about 9 hours ago. At that time, the price was $10.79. This price is subject to change. The price displayed on the Amazon.com website at the time of purchase is the price you will pay for this book. Please confirm the price before making any purchases.