Elena's Reviews > The Pilgrim's Progress

I have read different children's versions of this classic, most recently the phenomenal Little Pilgrim's Big Journey, which made me want to read the original story. It was more readable than I expected for a book written in 1678. A Christian allegory about sanctification or the way towards heaven, it is made of two stories or books, the first of which is the most well-known, focusing on Christian, and the second book on his wife and their children. They all embark on the journey to the Celestial City when beckoned by the King through a letter. They meet various challenges on the way, almost perishing many times, from people who want to confuse and derail them to the beast called Apollyon, who is the enemy of the King. Along the way, they all learn important truths about the King and his way, which help them on their journey. This was a powerful book that explained so many doctrines of the Christian faith in understandable ways through the allegory.

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