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[[File:Pilgrim1678b.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Title Page of the 1678 First Edition]]

[[File:Pilgrim1678b.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Title Page of the 1678 First Edition]]

'''''Pilgrim's Progress''''' was published on February 18, 1678, by the English [[Puritan]] writer [[John Bunyan]] (1628-1688). This book is a [[Christian]] [[allegory]], divided into two parts.  The first is about a pilgrim, called Christian, and his journey to the Celestial City.  The second is about how the other members of his family followed after him on pilgrimage.<ref>John Bunyan, ''The Pilgrim's Progress,'' The Christian Library edition, 1984.</ref>  

'''''Pilgrim's Progress''''' was published on February 18, 1678, by the English [[Puritan]] writer [[John Bunyan]] (1628-1688).

 

It is a [[Christian]] [[allegory]], divided into two parts.  The first is about a pilgrim, called Christian, and his journey to the Celestial City.  The second is about how the other members of his family followed after him on pilgrimage.<ref>John Bunyan, ''The Pilgrim's Progress,'' The Christian Library edition, 1984.</ref> Every name in the book (except for Christian and Christiana) references a character trait, good or bad.

Virtually every colonial home in New England had a copy of ''Pilgrim's Progress'', and it was a best-seller worldwide.  It has been since translated into over 200 languages and has never been out of print.

Virtually every colonial home in New England had a copy of ''Pilgrim's Progress'', and it was a best-seller worldwide.  It has been since translated into over 200 languages and has never been out of print.