There was some books too, piled up perfectly exact, on each corner of the table. One was a big family Bible, full of pictures. One was ‘Pilgrim’s Progress,’ about a man that left his family it didn’t say why. I read considerable in it now and then. The statements was interesting, but tough.
– Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 17. In the Grangerford home the perfect placement of the books, including the Bible, suggests that they were seldom read and were meant more for display. Pilgrim’s Progress is an allusion to the John Bunyan allegorical novel about a Christian’s spiritual journey towards heaven.