The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to That Which Is to Come; Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream

Description

John Bunyan’s book in two parts is one of the most known allegories with a religious theme. Christian is a man living in the fictional City of Destruction, who is aware of the heavy burden his sins represents for his soul, and who searches for a way to save himself from a painful death.

Following his encounter with a man called Evangelist, he decides to go to the Celestial City, as this is the only way to gain the redemption he seeks. He leaves his family behind, but he is accompanied by two of his neighbors, Pliable and Obstinate.

While the latter returns to the City of Destruction almost immediately, the former abandons Christian in the Slough of Despond. After struggling for quite a long time, the hero resumes his journey to the Wicket Gate, the entrance to the Celestial City.

Along the way, he meets a great number of characters, such as Worldly Wiseman, Charity, Goodwill, Help, Talkative, Baal Zevuv, the Interpreter or Apolyon (the embodiment of the devil). While some of them help the hero to find the right path and follow it, others do everything in their power to prevent him to reach destination.

The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come; Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print.

“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”

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