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| English: *Source: Drboisclair 13:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC), scanned from book in public domain Description: Title page of Pilgrim's Progress Date: 1678 Author: John Bunyan (1628-1688) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The most popular book of the English Christian
world, next to the Bible itself saw publication on this
day, February 18, 1678.
It is a story of fantastic creatures and
deadly dangers. In his many adventures, the hero battles with a raging
dragon, flounders in a bog from which he is unable to extricate himself,
and is chained in a castle, hostage to despair.
The story is Pilgrim's Progress, authored by John Bunyan
while he lay in prison for preaching without a license and for other
offenses against the ... Read More
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