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

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

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 biggest loser in the new series is a book that has never been out of print, and was once almost universally known: John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress.

From The Guardian • May 24, 2012

This motif, sounding like an ecstatic awakening, obsessed him: he used it in The Pilgrim's Progress to denote the Christian pilgrim arriving at his goal, the Celestial City.

From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2010

Imagine reading The Pilgrim's Progress all your life, and no other book beside the Bible!

From The Carved Cupboard by Le Feuvre, Amy