The Pilgrim's Progress (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Bunyan, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192834002 ISBN 13: 9780192834003

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1998

Synopsis

The Pilgrim's Progress (Part I 1678/Part II 1684) holds a unique place in the history of English literature. No other seventeenth-century work except the King James Bible, nothing from the pen of a writer of Bunyan's social class in any period, and no other Christian work, has enjoyed such an extensive readership. The pilgrim Christian, Mr Worldly Wiseman, Giant Despair, Hopeful, and Ignorance are engaged in a powerful drama set against a solidly realistic background of town and country. Bunyan captures the speech of ordinary people as accurately as he depicts their behaviour and appearance and as firmly as he realizes their inner emotional and spiritual life. The tale is related in language remarkable for its beauty and simplicity, and is spiced with Bunyan's acute and satirical perceptions of the vanity and hypocrisy of his own society.

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"I like it, and my students like it. The notes will tell them what they need to know."--Gail McGrew Eifrig, Valparaiso University "I like it, and my students like it. The notes will tell them what they need to know."--Gail McGrew Eifrig, Valparaiso University "I like it, and my students like it. The notes will tell them what they need to know."--Gail McGrew Eifrig, Valparaiso University "I like it, and my students like it. The notes will tell them what they need to know."--Gail McGrew Eifrig, Valparaiso University

Book Description:

Original Classic Text

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0192834002
• ISBN 13: 9780192834003
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 335