The Pilgrims Progress 1678 is a Christian allegory by English writer and Puritan preacher John Bunyan Begun during Bunyans twelveyear imprisonment for refusing to abide by English laws forbidding nonconformist evangelism The Pilgrims Progress is his most famous work as well as one of the most republished works in English literary history Often cited as the first English novel The Pilgrims Progress is told as a dream sequence from the point of view of an omniscient narrator In the first book of The Pilgrims Progress a man named Christian has a crisis of faith that forces him to reconcile with his sinful past and encourages him to seek salvation by any means necessary Unsure at first he is guided by the figure Evangelist who directs him along the path to the Wicket Gate and instructs him to follow the shining light On his journey Christian meets numerous figures including Pliable who follows him into the Slough of Despond before freeing himself and abandoning the storys hero There Christian is saved by Help and continues his journey encountering Mr Worldly Wiseman and Mr Legality who attempt to sway him from his path to salvation with their knowledge of ethics and the law But...