The Dark Side of J.M. Barrie?

As D.H. Lawrence noted in 1921, “J.M. [Barrie] has a fatal touch for those he loves. They die.” Barrie’s personal losses began when he was a child: His older brother, David, died in a skating accident at the age of 13. In 1915, George Llewelyn Davies was fighting in World War I when he was killed. Six years later, Michael Llewelyn Davies drowned along with a friend (some speculated that the two young men had participated in a suicide pact).

Though Peter Llewelyn Davies—who grew up being teased for sharing a name with Peter Pan—outlived Barrie, he committed suicide by jumping in front of a Tube train in 1960, just a few weeks before the 100th anniversary of Barrie’s birth.

Barrie produced numerous works featuring Peter Pan: The Peter Pan chapters from The Little White Bird were re-released as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens in 1906. Peter and Wendy, a book based on the 1904 play, saw the light in 1911. The play itself was published in 1928.

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