He produced a work of a decidedly polemical character, setting forth his peculiar doctrines, and--a remarkable feature in the course of English literature--a story so interesting and vivid that it has met with universal perusal and admiration.

It is at the same time an allegory which has not its equal in the language.

Rhetoricians must always mention the Pilgrim's Progress as the most splendid example of the allegory.
Bunyan was born in Elston, Bedfordshire, in 1628.

The son of a tinker, his childhood and early manhood were idle and vicious.

A sudden and sharp rebuke from a woman not much better than himself, for his blasphemy, set him to thinking, and he soon became a changed man.