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The Pilgrim's Progress — The Dream

John Bunyan →

Bunyan wrote this in prison, for ordinary readers, and it reads like it. Every object on the first page means something else — the pleasure is in decoding it.

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As I walk'd through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep; and as I slept, I dreamed a Dream. I dreamed, and behold I saw a Man cloathed with , standing in a certain place, with his face from his own House, a Book in his hand, and a great Burden upon his Back.

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Plain English

Walking through the wilderness of this world, I came upon a place where there was a den, and I lay down there to sleep, and dreamed a dream. I saw a man dressed in rags, standing with his back to his own house, a book in his hand, and a heavy burden on his back.

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