The Pilgrim's Progress

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

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 low opinion in which allegory is now widely held can be blamed on The Pilgrim’s Progress.

From Slate • May 3, 2016

The Enchanted Duplicator by Walt Willis and Bob Shaw was a metafiction based on Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, but which described a world populated with sci-fi fans.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 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

Members read long passages from The Pilgrim's Progress, or Robinson Crusoe, or any other work that happened to appeal to them.

From The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion by Pope, Joseph, Sir