Pilgrim's Progress in Today's English (edition 1971)

by John Bunyan, James Thomas

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The best allegory ever written is rewritten in modern English, making it clearer and more forceful to the modern reader. With more than 100,000 in print, this retelling by James H. Thomas followsChristian as he leaves his home in the City of Destruction and begins a long journey to the Celestial City. His adventure is full of encounters with interesting people, such as Faithful, Hopeful, and Ignorance. Traveling through places such as Vanity Fair and the Valley of the Shadow of Death, he reaches his heavenly home but learns rich lessons during the journey. The story has immediate application to everyday life. Later on, Christian's wife, Christiana, decides to join her husband in the Celestial City. As she travels, Christiana comes upon a different set of people, such Greatheart, Mercy, Honesty. Her story illustrates how Christians follow different paths but with the same destination: eternity with Jesus. … (more)

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Member:	jude.barton
Title:	Pilgrim's Progress in Today's English
Authors:	John Bunyan
Other authors:	James Thomas
Info:	Moody Publishers (1971), Edition: Abridged, Paperback, 256 pages
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This retelling follows Christian as he leaves his home in the City of Destruction and begins a long journey to the Celestial City. His adventure is full of encounters with interesting people, such as Faithful, Hopeful, and Ignorance. Traveling through places such as Vanity Fair and the Valley of the Shadow of Death, he reaches his heavenly home but learns rich lessons during the journey. The story has immediate application to everyday life.

Later on, Christian's wife, Christiana, decides to join her husband in the Celestial City. As she travels, Christiana comes upon a different set of people, such as Greatheart, Mercy, and Honesty. Her story illustrates how Christians follow different paths but with the same destination: eternity with Jesus.

PlumfieldCH | Oct 14, 2023 |

A good retelling of a great work for kids. It’s vivid and straight-forward. Gives reader a clear analogy to attach to virtues and vices that are good to spark discussion with early readers. Almost assuredly will produce kids who are Gnostic Pelagians, but that’s par for the course for American Christians, so how bad can that be? The two elements most missing are of being called into this world, not out of it and love. Christian’s dismissal of his family and other pilgrims on the road does nothing but reinforce the idea that piety is more important than love of neighbor. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
John Bunyan	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Thomas, James H.	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Cadel, John M.	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The best allegory ever written is rewritten in modern English, making it clearer and more forceful to the modern reader. With more than 100,000 in print, this retelling by James H. Thomas followsChristian as he leaves his home in the City of Destruction and begins a long journey to the Celestial City. His adventure is full of encounters with interesting people, such as Faithful, Hopeful, and Ignorance. Traveling through places such as Vanity Fair and the Valley of the Shadow of Death, he reaches his heavenly home but learns rich lessons during the journey. The story has immediate application to everyday life. Later on, Christian's wife, Christiana, decides to join her husband in the Celestial City. As she travels, Christiana comes upon a different set of people, such Greatheart, Mercy, Honesty. Her story illustrates how Christians follow different paths but with the same destination: eternity with Jesus.

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