On This Day February 18

The non-conformist preacher John Bunyan's Christian allegory Pilgrim's Progress was published on February 18, 1678. An allegory based on Bunyan's own spiritual life, it was partly written by the author during his time in Bedford jail for preaching without a licence. Pilgrim's Progress has been translated in over 100 languages and for the next 150 years following its publication, Bunyan's books, like the Bible, were found in every English home.

Title page of Pilgrim's Progress Date: 1678 

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