In Our Time: Little Women

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Louisa May Alcott's classic 1868 novel Little Women, which is credited with creating the new genre of young adult fiction. The coming-of-age story of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March, each overcoming their own moral flaws, has delighted generations of readers. The writer's work has inspired countless directors, composers and authors to make many reimagined versions, with the sisters played by film actors such as Katherine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, Saoirse Ronan and Emma Watson