John Bunyan (baptised 30 November 1628-31 August 1688) ，was an English writer and preacher best remembered as the author of the religious allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. In addition to The Pilgrim "s Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons. Bunyan came from the village of Elstow, near Bedford. He had little schooling and at the age of sixteen joined the Parliamentary army during the first stage of the English Civil War. After three years in the army he returned to Elstow and took up the trade of tinker, which he had learnt from his father. He became interested in religion after his marriage, attending first the parish church and then joining the Bedford Meeting,a nonconformist group in Bedford, and-becoming a preacher. After the restoration of the monarch, when the freedom of nonconformists was curtailed, Bunyan was arrested and spent the next twelve years in gaol as he refused to undertake to give up preaching. During this time he wrote a spiritual autobiography, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, and began work on his most famous book, The Pilgrim's Progress, which was not published until some years after his release.
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CONTENTS PREFACE PART I CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CONCLUSION PART II CHAPTER I Courteous Companions CHAPTER II THE WICKET-GATE CHAPTER III THE INTERPRETER'S HOUSE CHAPTER IV THE CROSS AND THE CONSEQUENCES CHAPTER V THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL CHAPTER VI THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION
