The Little White Bird is a series of short episodes, narratives and day-to-day accounts of J M Barrie's life in London. The tone oscillates from whimsical to social comedy to darkly aggressive. Part of the book's continuing popularity was due to the...
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The Little White Bird is a series of short episodes, narratives and day-to-day accounts of J M Barrie's life in London. The tone oscillates from whimsical to social comedy to darkly aggressive. Part of the book's continuing popularity was due to the couple of softer chapters telling the story of Peter Pan, later to become the hero of Barrie's most famous work
Title; Contents; I David and I Set Forth Upon a Journey; II The Little Nursery Governess; III Her Marriage, Her Clothes, Her Appetite, and an Inventory of Her Furniture; IV A Night-Piece; V The Fight for Timothy; VI A Shock; VII The Last of Timothy; VIII The Inconsiderate Waiter; IX A Confirmed Spinster; X Sporting Reflections; XI The Runaway Perambulator; XII The Pleasantest Club in London; XIII The Grand Tour of the Gardens; XIV Peter Pan; XV The Thrush's Nest; XVI Lock-Out Time; XVII The Little House; XVIII Peter's Goat; XIX An Interloper; XX David and Porthos Compared
XXI William PatersonXXII Joey; XXIII Pilkington's; XXIV Barbara; XXV The Cricket Match; XXVI The Dedication;