One Hundred World's Best Novels Condensed

David Copperfield to Quo Vadis, Don Quixote to The War of the Worlds — a hundred of the world's great novels, each condensed to a brisk summary with its author's life story, as read in 1919.

The Pilgrim's Progress

5 pages in this part of 100 Best Novels Condensed.

The Pilgrim's Progress

By JOHN BUNYAN Condensation by BASIL KING AS I walked through the wilderness of this world I lighted on a certain place where was a Den and…

The Pilgrim's Progress: Christian

Then was there much ado in the family of Christian, for such was his name, that he should run from his home on a way which all knew to be…

The Pilgrim's Progress: Faithful

Having passed through this valley, he came up with his friend Faithful, who had, though Christian knew it not, followed him out of the City…

The Pilgrim's Progress: Giant

As for Christian, He that overrules all things released him from prison, so that he went on his way in company with one Hopeful, who had…

The Pilgrim's Progress: Christiana

As I was in my dream, I saw that Christiana, she that was wife to Christian, was much broken by her ungodly carriages to the good man who…

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