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The Pilgrim's Progress
1678·308 pages
A Christian allegory of a soul's journey from sin to salvation, facing trials and temptations.
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A Christian allegory of a soul's journey from sin to salvation, facing trials and temptations.
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Bunyan's allegory uses the everyday world of common experience as a metaphor for the spiritual journey of the soul toward God. The hero, Christian, encounters many obstacles in his quest: the Valley of the Shadow of Death, Vanity Fair, Doubting Castle, the Wicket Gate, as well as those who tempt him from his path (e.g., Talkative, Mr. Worldly Wiseman, the Giant Despair). But in the end he reaches Beulah Land, where he awaits the crossing of the river of death and his entry into the heavenly city...
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Sexual content
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No sexual content present
Violence & gore
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Allegorical battles like Christian's fight with Apollyon; imprisonment and beatings by Giant Despair; no graphic gore
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation
Religious content
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Entirely a Christian allegory of spiritual journey, faith, sin, and salvation; includes biblical references, conversion, and devotional themes
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult elements
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Promotes Puritan Christian ideology, critiques worldly vanities and hypocrisy, emphasizes personal faith over formalism
Self-harm / suicide
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In Doubting Castle, characters face ideation and temptation to suicide urged by Giant Despair, but resist
Abuse & suffering
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Imprisonment and beatings in Doubting Castle; allegorical persecution and spiritual suffering; references to martyrdom
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