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Nicole asked this question about The Pilgrim's Progress:
What reading level is this book? (I read at a college freshman level and was curious if I might like it.)
Melody It really depends on what style you're used to. 90% of the book is dialogue, so that in itself might be exhausting for some, easy for others. You have…moreIt really depends on what style you're used to. 90% of the book is dialogue, so that in itself might be exhausting for some, easy for others. You have to read the Penguin version. That way you read the original English, but there's plenty of footnotes at the back for when you come across those odd (now extinct) 17th century colloquialisms. Bunyan's English is somewhere between Shakespeare and Austen. Im a huge fan of Hannah More so her essays really well prepared me for that style of language.(less)
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The Pilgrim's Progress
by John Bunyan
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