The Pilgrim's Progress

The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come by John Bunyan (published 1678) is an allegorical novel. Bunyan wrote this book while imprisoned in 1675 for violations of the Conventicle Act which punished people for conducting unauthorised religious services outside of the Church of England. An expanded edition, with additions written after Bunyan was freed, appeared in 1679. The Second Part appeared in 1684. This work is one of the greatest classics of literature, widely translated into more than 100 languages other than its original English text. The text consists of 108,260 words and, within each of its two parts, is not further divided, e.g. into chapters, but reads as a continuous narrative.

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John Bunyan - 1678 - Allegorical - Novel - 1675 - Conventicle Act - Church of England - 1679 - 1684

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James Baldwin retold the story as an abridged version that excludes all religious elements: John Bunyan's Dream Story: The Pilgrim's Progress Retold for Children and Adapted to School Reading, published in 1913.

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