Peter Pan – the 1911 novel – was written after the 1904 play became a huge success. On opening night, Mrs. Snow spoke to J.M. Barrie about her late husband,

…and he would so have loved this evening. The pirates, and the Indians; he was really just a boy himself, you know, to the very end. I suppose it’s all the work of the ticking crocodile, isn’t it? Time is chasing after all of us. Isn’t that right?”