Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

The Pilgrim's Progress by John BunyanThe Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come was written in 1678 by John Bunyan, a Puritan and a dissenter from the Church of England. It is an allegory of the journey to redemption of the faithful, through many snares and difficulties. Cast in the form of a dream, the first part of the work deals with a man called Christian, who sets off carrying a great burden. He meets many helpers and many adversaries on this journey. The...

Follow one man's extraordinary journey from despair and doubt toward faith, hope, and salvation. In The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan presents one of the most influential allegories in English Christian literature. The story follows Christian, a man who leaves his home and begins a difficult journey toward the Celestial City, seeking deliverance from the burden of sin. Along his path, Christian encounters a remarkable series of people, places, dangers, and temptations. From the Slough of...

A man named Christian flees his doomed city carrying an unbearable weight on his back, and sets out on a road lined with temptation, despair, and monsters both literal and moral, all the way to the Celestial City. Written by Bunyan during a prison sentence for unlicensed preaching, this allegory of the Christian life became one of the most published books in the English language — an adventure story and a spiritual map at once, still gripping readers who've never opened a sermon.

A man with a burden on his back leaves the City of Destruction and walks: through the Slough of Despond, past Apollyon, through Vanity Fair, to the river he must cross alone. Bunyan gave each moral condition an address and a road, and the plainness of the telling is why the book outlived the theology it was built to carry. Accompanied here by period paintings, with ornament drawn from the pilgrim's staff, the scroll and the far mountain — a Gilded Library edition of the most walked-in alle...

What does walking with Jesus look like in this life?The Pilgrim's Progress is one of the greatest Christian classics of all time, answering that question and illustrating the deepest struggles Christians face as they walk with God in this life. Since its publication in 1678, it has been the most widely read Christian book other than the Bible. From the dark confines of a prison cell, John Bunyan wrote a book that transformed not only his experience but that...

The narrative is structured as a journey, with Christian facing various obstacles and temptations along the way, including the Slough of Despond, the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and the Hill of Difficulty. He meets a variety of characters who either help or hinder him on his journey, such as Faithful, Hopeful, and the Giant Despair.Throughout the story, Bunyan emphasizes the importance of faith, perseverance, and obedience in the Christian life, as well as the dangers of sin and the nee...

Through the story of Mr. Badman, Bunyan explores the nature of sin and its consequences, as well as the moral and spiritual failings of those who indulge in sin. The book is structured as a dialogue between two characters, Mr. Wiseman and Mr. Attentive, who discuss the life and behavior of Mr. Badman.Bunyan uses the character of Mr. Badman to highlight the dangers of dishonesty, greed, and immorality, and to underscore the importance of living a virtuous life. He also provides insights int...

Bunyan begins by outlining the various causes of division among Christians, such as doctrinal differences, personal rivalries, and disagreements over matters of church governance. He then goes on to argue that such divisions are harmful to the Church and its mission, and that Christians must strive to live in peace and unity with one another.Bunyan offers a number of practical suggestions for achieving unity, such as avoiding harsh and divisive language, seeking common ground, and focusing...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

This sermon, although very short, is peculiarly interesting: how it was preserved we are not told; but it bears strong marks of having been published from notes taken by one of the hearers. There is no proof that any memorandum or notes of this sermon was found in the autograph of the preacher.In the list of Bunyan’s works published by Chas. Doe, at the end of the ‘Heavenly Footman,’ March 1690, it stands No. 44. He professes to give the title-page, word for word, as it was first p...

A man with a burden on his back leaves the City of Destruction and walks — through the Slough of Despond, Vanity Fair and the Valley of the Shadow — toward a city he has only heard of. Bunyan, a tinker's son, wrote it in Bedford jail during twelve years' imprisonment for preaching without a license; for two centuries it was the book English-speaking households owned besides the Bible. This edition brings together the complete work — both parts in one.