The Pilgrim's Progress (Penguin Classics)

So, so good. I thank God for this wonderful book. I am amazed how real this story is to the Christian walk.

While at first difficult due to syntax and grammar, the characters are so easily identifiable as named by character. Well worth the read. Be blessed.

The Pilgrim’s Progress is a classic that mirrors the life and struggles of the Christian faith. I’ve read the book, but this was my first experience with an audiobook, Pilgrims Progress: Updated, Modern English, narrated by Mark Christensen. What fun! I laughed and journeyed with the voices of Pliable, Obstinate, Mr. Feeble-mind, Piety, Mr. Worldly Wiseman, Evangelist, Despondency, Mr. Honest, and Giant Despair! Several of the voices reminded me of people I’ve met during my travels, and it was comical how their faces appeared in my imagination and made the classic tale more relevant.This powerful and allegorical novel has become more meaningful with each reading and listening experience. Like an onion, the more exposure and study time I spent with the text, the more I uncover, the more profound meaning or underlying doctrinal beliefs spur my thinking in various directions, depths, and possibilities.I appreciated the main character, Christian, who carried his burden for most of his life. He left family, friends, and comfort to follow Evangelist and God’s leading toward Heaven. He held his burdens longer than others who grew up in the Christian faith. Still, Christian’s faith and determination carried him onward throughout the narrative and journey of The Pilgrim’s Progress. God’s redemption and love brought His follower to the end—The Celestial City—because Christian followed God and stayed on His path. What a glorious day!

This review is for ISBN-13: 978-0882707570By all means, this is the edition to buy. I bought this one, AND another edition which was Bunyan's latest edition upon his death in 1688 (13th edition, I believe), and there really is no comparison.I am an extremely well-read individual, and tackle very tough reading projects to ascertain truth. But when it comes to this story, the modern English translation and all the accompaniments of this edition, make it a sure winner.I read the old and the modern translations side by side. Only somebody bordering on masochism would want to read the old English version. Ok, maybe that was a bit extreme, but reading the old English lost everything that this modern English translation has not.The story reads excellent, and has a tremendous outline of references at the end of each chapter corresponding to the numbered footnotes on various words and sentences throughout the story. I love reading this story with my bible open and referencing the scriptures to see how they line up with the story. I know the bible very well, and do not look up a lot of the scriptures, but many of them are very good. Especially when Pilgrim is speaking with the Interpreter (chapter 5, I believe). The conclusions Bunyan drew from the bible might very well be controversial (can a person lose his salvation and end up damned?). Bunyan's book had me looking hard at the Word, and repenting to God for lukewarmness, and slothfulness in my own life. I appreciate this book more than I can say.This edition also comes with an audio CD on various excepts of the book which I did not expect. I have not listened to it yet.Also, this edition has illustrations throughout. I love these. It really helps a reader to get immersed in the story.Now, regarding the story itself: I find the story to read at an age level that is young. Maybe even grade school. But in no way would I allow that to alter my regard for this writing. In fact, it maybe the very thing that makes a person GET what they are supposed to get from it. Instead of appealing to our intellectual egos, the book forces you to just get the truth, the story, and deal with your own life in light of God's Word. It helps to strip off any false coverings, I think.I have since bought 3 more copies and am giving them out to friends and family this Christmas.

Having never read the original Pilgrim's Progress which was written in the 17th century in "the King's English", I cannot actually testify that this is an improvement. But it was because of the difficulty of Bunyan's original English that I never read Progress. I purchased this edition to read aloud to a church group, and it was quite readable and understandable, for the most part. When it was necessary to retain some of the old terminology, most of the time there were explanatory footnotes. Other words just had to be looked up in the dictionary, which was fun in itself. For instance, I ran into the phrase, "stalking horse". I had no idea what it meant and there was no notation. I discovered that it referred to a horse that is used as cover when hunting, with the hunter walking behind the horse. There were a number of occasions when my vocabulary was enriched in this way.But the story line is just superb! Both Christian and his wife (in part 2) make their way from the city of Destruction (name any place on Earth) to the Celestial City (Heaven). Their journeys, and the struggles with which they meet, along with the companions that assist them, are perfect pictures of the Christian life. I have heard a number of pastors say that if they could only own three books, Pilgrim's Progress would be one of them, and this edition is quite well done without losing the Old English flavor of the original. Extremely highly recommended for all Christians who find themselves as aliens and strangers here in this world, longing to go Home.

This is my first time reading this classic and I am SO thankful for the study notes at the back of the book! My friend ordered a few other versions to compare, and this one is definitely the best of them all!

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I am 73 years old and been a Christian for 40 years.This is the first time I have read Pilgrims Progress. I found it portrayed clearly the Innerancy of Scripture. I thoroughly enjoyed this work of John Bunyan. I will surely read it again.

Well done! The simpler language version is an added bonus to the book....just a few mistakes with the dictionary ...1 or 2 i found