Homeschooled in his youth, Bunyan converted to the Baptist faith as an adult and was imprisoned for 12 years for preaching without a license. During his imprisonment he wrote ''[[Pilgrim's Progress]]'' in two parts, and it became the most widely read work in English after the Bible. | Homeschooled in his youth, Bunyan converted to the Baptist faith as an adult and was imprisoned for 12 years for preaching without a license. During his imprisonment he wrote ''[[Pilgrim's Progress]]'' in two parts, and it became the most widely read work in English after the Bible. |