'As I walk'd through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place, where was a Denn; And I laid me down in that place to sleep: And as I slept I dreamed a Dream.' So begins one of the best-loved and most widely read books in English literature. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxfo[...]

Now available together in a single volume, these two classics were written by seventeenth-century England's most famous prisoner of conscience, Baptist John Bunyan (1628-1688). Imprisoned for twelve years for his preaching, he wrote first a dramatic allegory of Christian life and followed it with th[...]

In John Bunyan's hands, a pious tract is transformed into a work of imaginative literature, "The Pilgrim's Progress", whose influence - both on work that followed and on the English consciousness as a whole - has been immeasurable. This "Penguin Classics" edition is edited with an introduction and n[...]

'I evidently saw that unless the great God of his infinite grace and bounty, had voluntarily chosen me to be a vessel of mercy, though I should desire, and long, and labour until my heart did break, no good could come of it ...How can you tell you are Elected?' (GA, 47) In seventeenth-century Engla[...]

Part I of "The Pilgrim's Progress" was published in 1678 and Part II in 1684. Edited and annotated, this Norton Critical Edition is the indispensable guide to the language, allusions and historical reference of this challenging text. The contexts section is thematically organised with illustrations.[...]

This enormously influential 17th century classic is universally known for its simplicity, vigour and beauty of language and has become one of the most widely read books in English.[...]