After the first edition of the first part in 1678, an expanded edition, with additions written after Bunyan was freed, appeared in 1679. It was licensed and entered in the “Term Catalogue” on 18 February 1678, which is looked upon as the date of first publication. The first part was completed in 1677 and entered into the Stationers’ Register on 22 December 1677. The English text comprises 108,260 words and is divided into two parts, each reading as a continuous narrative with no chapter divisions. Early Bunyan scholars such as John Brown believed The Pilgrim’s Progress was begun in Bunyan’s second, shorter imprisonment for six months in 1675, but more recent scholars such as Roger Sharrock believe that it was begun during Bunyan’s initial, more lengthy imprisonment from 1660 to 1672 right after he had written his spiritual autobiography, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners. Bunyan began his work while in the Bedfordshire county prison for violations of the Conventicle Act, which prohibited the holding of religious services outside the auspices of the established Church of England. It has also been cited as the first novel written in English.
It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. The Pilgrim’s Progress is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan.
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