The Pilgrim's Progress

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1. (1678, 1684) A religious allegory by the seventeenth-century English author John Bunyan. Christian, the central character, journeys from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. Along the way he faces many obstacles, including the Slough of Despond. He is eventually successful in his journey, and is allowed into heaven.

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The Pilgrim's Progress

The most famous allegory ever written, John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, was published in 1678, making it a holdover; allegory saw its artistic heyday in the Middle Ages.

From Slate ● May 3, 2016

Yet The Pilgrim’s Progress was a colossal hit; for two centuries, it was the second book purchased by any Protestant household affluent and literate enough to own its own Bible.

From Slate ● May 3, 2016

The Pilgrim's Progress was premiered during the Festival of Britain in 1951 and has hardly been seen since.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2012

Certainly it is odd not to have The Pilgrim's Progress but to have a novel whose title is derived from it – Vanity Fair.

From The Guardian ● May 24, 2012

The Pilgrim’s Progress is an Allegory, and a beautiful, just and serious one: but consider whether Bunyan’s Allegory could have preceded the Faith it symbolises!

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle