'As I walk'd through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place, where was a Denn; And I laid me down in that place to sleep: And as I slept I dreamed a Dream.' So begins one of the best-loved and most widely read books in English literature.

• The only complete text in paperback, including all the marginal notes of the original, in original spelling.
• The first edition to include all the original illustrations to appear in editions printed in Bunyan's lifetime, thus giving a unique sense of the experience of the book for it contemporary readers.
• The new introduction is written in a clear, accessible style with sections on Bunyan's life and times; allegory; the Bible; Literature and Theology; social satire and endurance under persecution
• Includes a new chronology of Bunyan's life and times.
• New bibliography.
• New and expanded explanatory notes, and a separate glossary of unfamiliar words.

• Full index.

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