“Was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?” MenProgressWrittenReaderMerePilgrimRobinson Crusoe Author:Samuel Johnson
“Pilgrim's Progress , about a man that left his family, it didn't say why. I read considerable in it now and then. The statements was interesting, but tough.” MenLeftInterestingProgressToughStatementsNow And ThenPilgrim Author:Mark Twain
“Next to the Bible, the book I value most is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. I believe I have read it through at least a hundred times. It is a volume of which I never seem to tire; and the secret of its freshness is that it is so largely compiled from the Scriptures.” BelieveBookSeemsValuesNextI BelieveSecretProgressHundredScriptureVolumeTirePilgrimFreshness Author:Charles Spurgeon
“In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.” LittlesHandsEarthCasesProgressThousandClimbsReach OutHikingLaddersPilgrimPilgrims Progress Book:Letters Source: Letters
“Literate households in the 17th century would have had the Bible, John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress," and a couple of other books. Shakespeare plays were cheap, so you could buy those, but a folio cost a pound, which was an incredible amount of money then.” BookPlayProgressCenturyAmountCoupleCostIncrediblesPoundsHouseholdPilgrim17th CenturyShakespeare Play Author:Stephen Greenblatt