John Bunyan

John Bunyan (1628–1688) was an English Puritan preacher and a tinker by trade from Bedfordshire. He spent about twelve years in Bedford jail for preaching without a license, and there he wrote much of The Pilgrim's Progress (1678). His other books include Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners and The Holy War.

Start with The Pilgrim's Progress, the allegory that has never gone out of print, then read Grace Abounding, his own story of conversion, and The Holy War. For a year with Bunyan, try Daily Readings: John Bunyan.

Reading with children? Little Pilgrim's Progress retells the story for young readers, and The Story of John Bunyan tells his life. For everything he wrote, see The Works of John Bunyan and our other Puritan works sets.

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