The Pilgrim's Progress <subTitle>From this World to that Which Is to Come, delivered under the Similitude of a Dream</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Bunyan, John</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1628–1699</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>L. C. Page and Company</publisher> <dateIssued>1898</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>284tr.</extent> <extent>hardcover, illustrations</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>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 many critics to be the greatest allegory in any language. And to think that it was written by a jailed tinker who received very little formal education! This classic allegory tells of a Christian's epic journey toward heaven and the many temptations and distractions he encounters along the way. 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 Valley of Humiliation, the Valley of the Shadow of Death, Vanity Fair, Doubting Castle, and the Delectable Mountains before finally reaching the Celestial City.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">John Bunyan, George Offor</note> <subject> <topic>Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Fiction</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Christian life -- Spiritual growth</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">248.4804</classification> <classification authority="ddc">B942-J65</classification> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16589/image000032.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16589/image000032.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2025-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071621.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>