The complete online text of What Every Woman Knows by J. M. Barrie.

The British dramatist and novelist Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) is best known for his play Peter Pan. James M. Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, on May 9, 1860, the son of a poor, hardworking weaver. Influenced by his mother's inter...

If Sir James M. Barrie had written no play other than Peter Pan (1904), the extraordinary and enduring popularity of this single work would testify to his talents as a dramatist. As it stands, however, the more than forty plays he wrote also manifest his...

If Sir James M. Barrie had written no play other than Peter Pan (1904), the extraordinary and enduring popularity of this single work would testify to his talents as a dramatist. As it stands, however, the more than forty plays he wrote also manifest his...

Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, from a screenplay by John August, based on the book by Roald Dahl, left me completely stupefied. Granted, this movie was never intended for a cranky, childless, curmudgeonly moviegoer like me. Still, I wonder if even children will...

Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, from a screenplay by John August, based on the book by Roald Dahl, left me completely stupefied. Granted, this movie was never intended for a cranky, childless, curmudgeonly moviegoer like me. Still, I wonder if even children will...