The Pilgrim’s Progress

According to literary editor Robert McCrum theres no book in English apart from the Bible to equal Bunyans masterpiece for the range of its readership. This famous story of mans 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 pilgrims 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 Pilgrims Progress remains one of the most widely read books in the English language.