The Pilgrim's Progress
Author: Bunyan, John
ISBN: 9780141439716
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 19 Nov 2008
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
A new edition of the book that has been more widely read than any book in English except the Bible
Bunyan wrote the first part of The Pilgrim's Progress when he was in prison for conducting unauthorised Baptist religious services outside of the Church of England. It was published in 1678; the second part was published in 1684. In Bunyan's hands a pious tract is transformed into a work of imaginative literature whose influence, both indirectly on the English consiousness and directly on the literature that followed, has been immeasurable. The rich countryman's phrases that Bunyan borrowed or invented have become enshrined in the language, and many of the characters he created to people his imaginary world have won for themselves an independent and unforgettable existence.
ISBN: 9780141439716
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 19 Nov 2008
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback / softback
A new edition of the book that has been more widely read than any book in English except the Bible
Bunyan wrote the first part of The Pilgrim's Progress when he was in prison for conducting unauthorised Baptist religious services outside of the Church of England. It was published in 1678; the second part was published in 1684. In Bunyan's hands a pious tract is transformed into a work of imaginative literature whose influence, both indirectly on the English consiousness and directly on the literature that followed, has been immeasurable. The rich countryman's phrases that Bunyan borrowed or invented have become enshrined in the language, and many of the characters he created to people his imaginary world have won for themselves an independent and unforgettable existence.
