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Written by John Bunyan - Audio book performed by Robert Whitfield - Unabridged Fiction - 9 LIBRARY EDITION COMPACT DISCS - 9 hours

Publisher, Blackstone Audiobooks

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John Bunyan's immortal dream, written from a prison cell, has become the most famous allegory in English literature.

Next to The Bible, The Pilgrim’s Progress has probably been more widely read than any other book in the English language—and rightfully so. It is considered by most critics as the greatest allegory in any language. And to think that it was written by a jailed tinker who received very little formal education.

John Bunyan's immortal dream, written from a prison cell, has become the most famous allegory in English literature.

This is the enthralling account of a Christian’s epic journey. With a burden on his back, Christian reads a book that tells him that the city in which he and his family dwell will be set ablaze. Christian flees from the City of Destruction and journeys through the Slough of Despond, the Interpreter's House, the House Beautiful, the Valley of Humiliation, the Valley of the Shadow of Death, Vanity Fair, Doubting Castle, and the Delectable Mountains. He finally reaches the Celestial City.

About the Author: John Bunyan (1628-88), was the son of a tinker, a craft in which he also trained. In 1644 he was drafted into the army; the following year he returned home to Elstow near Bedford, and in 1649 married. About this time Bunyan began to have religious experiences which he subsequently described in Grace Abounding. In 1643 he joined a Christian fellowship organized by a converted royalist major, and about 1655 was asked to address his brethren. This event led to his preaching in villages around Bedford, and subsequently into discussions with the followers of George Fox, inspiring Bunyan to write his first book, Some Gospel Truths Opened, in 1656.

In November 1660 Bunyan was arrested while preaching. During the twelve years imprisonment in Bedford county gaol (prison), Bunyan wrote several works—Profitable Meditations, Praying in the Spirit, The Holy City, and Grace Abounding. He was released after the Declaration of Indulgence of 1672, under which he became a licensed preacher, and pastor of the church to which he belonged; but in 1673 the Declaration was canceled, and another arrest warrant was issued. Tried under the Conventicle Act, Bunyan was sent back to prison for six months. During this time he wrote Pilgrim's Progress. Despite the narrowness of his religious outlook, he was a master of plain, yet beautiful, English prose, the supreme example of the proletarian writer, and by his realism and psychological insight the precursor of the modern novelist.

John Bunyan (1628-88), was the son of a tinker, a craft in which he also trained. In 1644 he was drafted into the army; the following year he returned home to Elstow near Bedford, and in 1649 married. About this time Bunyan began to have religious experiences which he subsequently described in Grace Abounding. In 1643 he joined a Christian fellowship organized by a converted royalist major, and about 1655 was asked to address his brethren. This event led to his preaching in villages around Bedford, for which he was jailed for a period of twelve years. It was during his impisonment that he wrote Pilgrim 's Progress.