Sentimental Tommy is a novel set in the late 19th century about two children, Tommy and Elspeth, who move from their poor apartment in London to their mother's hometown in Scotland after her death. Tommy attends a little school where he disappoints his teachers with his lack of interest in academics. Along the way, the siblings befriend Grizel, a...More
Sir James Matthew Barrie (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright known for creating Peter Pan, a story about a boy who never grows up and has magical adventures in Neverland with a girl named Wendy. Barrie lived in Scotland before moving to London where he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy's magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Peter Pan became his most popular work, overshadowing his other successful novels and plays. Barrie gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to Great...More
Sir James Matthew Barrie (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright known for creating Peter Pan, a story about a boy who never grows up and has magical adventures in Neverland with a girl named Wendy. Barrie lived in Scotland before moving to London where he met the Llewelyn Davies boys, who inspired him to write about a baby boy's magical adventures in Kensington Gardens, then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a 1904 West End "fairy play" about an ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. Peter Pan became his most popular work, overshadowing his other successful novels and plays. Barrie gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children before his death, which still benefits from them today.
Book Summary
Sentimental Tommy is a novel set in the late 19th century about two children, Tommy and Elspeth, who move from their poor apartment in London to their mother's hometown in Scotland after her death. Tommy attends a little school where he disappoints his teachers with his lack of interest in academics. Along the way, the siblings befriend Grizel, a complicated and sensitive child of a prostitute. The book explores Tommy's self-centered and arrogant personality, contrasting with Grizel's admirable qualities. Elspeth, on the other hand, lacks any real personality, always worshipping her brother. Sentimental Tommy offers an interesting perspective on Scotland in literature during this time period.
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