Playing Pilgrims: Adapting Bunyan for Children

The article discusses the significance of the book "The Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan in the life of Bronson Alcott, father of author Luisa May Alcott. Topics mentioned include Alcott's views on the book as a work of pure genius, "The Pilgrim's Progress" as the framework of Louisa May Alcott's book "Little Women" and reasons behind the book's attractiveness to young readers such as inventiveness of the story.