The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come (or just The Pilgrim's Progress) is a novel written by John Bunyan. Released in 1678, the novel details Christian's voyage to the Celestial City and serves as a very blunt allegory for Christianity.
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- Christian
- Hopeful
- Faithful
- Worldly Wiseman
- Giant Despair
- Talkative
- Ignorance
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modern reprint (2003 Dover edition)
This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most entertaining allegories of faith ever written. Set against realistic backdrops of town and country, the powerful drama of the pilgrim's trials and temptations follows him in his harrowing journey to the Celestial City.
Along a road filled with monsters and spiritual terrors, Christian confronts such emblematic characters as Worldly Wiseman, Giant Despair, Talkative, Ignorance, and the demons of the Valley of the Shadow of Death. But he is also joined by Hopeful and Faithful.
An enormously influential 17th-century classic, universally known for its simplicity, vigor, and beauty of language, The Pilgrim's Progress remains one of the most widely read books in the English language.
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See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Divine Comedy | Dante Alighieri | ~1320 | Another major metaphysical Christian work |
| Paradise Lost | John Milton | 1667 | Another major metaphysical Christian work |
| The Screwtape Letters | C.S. Lewis | 1942 | A similarly metaphysical Christian work |