A new edition of one of the greatest allegorical stories ever written.  Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read A masterpiece of the English Puritan tradition,  The Pilgrim's Progress  is rich in its imaginative power and its vivid and heartfelt language. It recounts the story of Christian, who appears to the author in a dream, and his journey to Heaven through the trials and tribulations of life. He meets many like-minded pilgrims on his way, such as Faithful and Hopeful, but before they attain their goal they encounter the Giant Despair and the River of Death itself. Translated into more than one hundred languages,  The Pilgrim's Progress  continues to have an immeasurable influence on English literature. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. John Bunyan  was born in 1628 in Elstow, England. He was a Baptist preacher and writer, creating about sixty books and tracts including  The Pilgrim's Progress, The Holy War , and  Grace Abounding.  He died in 1688.