The boy who won't grow up flies the Darling children to Neverland, where they meet lost boys, mermaids, and Captain Hook. A bittersweet fantasy about childhood and its end.
Books mentioned in Peter Pan (1)
Cinderella: “"Peter," said Wendy excitedly, "that was Cinderella, and he found her, and they lived happily ever after."”
Books that mention Peter Pan (11)
Our Mr. Wrenn by Sinclair Lewis: “What was it Nelly had told him about “Peter Pan”?”
Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger: “Even before the curtain goes up at 'Peter Pan,' I'm a goddam puddle of tears.”
Babel Tower by A. S. Byatt: “Jude Mason 'repudiates this, quoting Peter Pan about being a little chicken sprung from the egg.'”
My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff: “I was close enough to the glass now to make out some of the titles: a beautiful, ornate copy of Don Juan; an oversized edition of Peter Pan with what appeared to be the original illustrations; the moss-green binding of Alice in Wonderland.”
Just Kids by Patti Smith: “I protested vehemently and announced that I was never going to become anything but myself, that I was of the clan of Peter Pan and we did not grow up.”
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides: “The England of the Famous Five, and Peter Pan and Wendy; King Arthur and Camelot; Wuthering Heights and Jane Austen”
Quichotte by Salman Rushdie: “The shadow of Peter Pan had escaped at one point also, and had had to be caught and reattached to Peter's feet by Wendy's deft and careful needle. (Low confidence: no explicit title/author citation, but the shadow-sewing detail is a specific, unmistakable plot point unique to Barrie's story, not a bare character name-drop.)”
The Third Man by Graham Greene: “Marlowe's devils wore squibs attached to their tails: evil was like Peter Pan—it carried with it the horrifying and horrible gift of eternal youth.”
Fury by Salman Rushdie: “In Asmaan's revisionist reading of Peter Pan, Captain Hook escaped the crocodile every time.”