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      • In his writing, Bunyan commanded a good effective style. It was simple, strong, masculine, and direct, without any literary flourishes or affectations. As he more than once said, "do not affect high expressions; they will drown your children... Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark when high and learned ones do only pierce the air."
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  2. The Pilgrim’s Progress, religious allegory in two parts (1678 and 1684) by the English writer John Bunyan. A symbolic vision of the good man’s pilgrimage through life, it was at one time second only to the Bible in popularity and is the most famous Christian allegory still in print.

  3. Mar 9, 2021 · The Pilgrim’s Progress begins with a man named Christian, who lives in the City of Destruction, having a dreamlike vision of a man dressed in rags, who is facing away from his home. In one hand the man carries a book, the Bible, while on his back he carries a great burden: his sins.

  4. The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of theological fiction in English literature and a progenitor of the narrative aspect of Christian media.

  5. A short summary of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Pilgrim's Progress.

    • The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most famous books ever published. For more than two centuries after its publication, The Pilgrim’s Progress ranked just behind the King James Bible as the most common and important book in evangelical Protestant households.
    • The book’s title poses a small problem. Whenever we name this book by its title, we are actually making a choice from existing options. The title by which most people know the book is Pilgrim’s Progress.
    • The complete book consists of two separate stories. Most people know only the story of Christian’s journey from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City.
    • The Pilgrim’s Progress was written while the author was in prison. The scholarly consensus is that Book 1 (which is what most people have in mind when they think of The Pilgrim’s Progress) was conceptualized and mainly written while Bunyan was imprisoned in his home town of Bedford, England.
  6. “The Pilgrim’s Progress” is a religious allegory written by John Bunyan, published in two parts in 1678 and 1684. The work is a symbolic vision of the good man’s pilgrimage through life, and it follows the journey of its protagonist, Christian, from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City.

  7. 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]

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