The Pilgrim's Progress
1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pilgrim's Progress is an English language book written by John Bunyan. It was published in two parts: the First Part in 1678, and the Second Part in 1684. Its full title is The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to come. It is regarded as one of the most important books in English literature.[1] It is a Christian allegory.[2]
The book uses the dream story of a journey through the English county of Bedfordshire, to London. Bunyan uses this to tell the idea of Christianity from a Protestant point of view. Although the journey is imaginary, the places are based upon real places in 17th century Bedfordshire. The difficulties faced by Christian, the main character, is meant to be an allegory of the difficulties faced by a true Christian in keeping to the 'straight and narrow path'.[3] The author was jailed for preaching his opinions, yet after the book was published, it was translated into over 200 languages.[4]