J. M. Barrie 
Sentimental Tommy 
The Story of His Boyhood

Written before his masterpiece Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie’s novel Sentimental Tommy grapples with a number of the same themes that the author would later so memorably enshrine in his best-known work. Both feature a central character who clings to the vestiges of youth and refuses to grow up — often with dire consequences.