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The Pilgrim's Regress
by C.S. Lewis
I listened to the audio version of this, which at first I thought might have been a mistake. I realized that many of Lewis's allegorical references were going over my head, and despite very Bunyan-esque names like Virtue and Drudge, I wasn't totally sure what point Lewis was trying to make or what these characters represented exactly. The story is one of Lewis's own conversion to Christianity, and it follows John, who interacts with a variety of different characters representative of various philosophies. I never finished Pilgrim's Progress, but I gathered that the story followed Bunyan's main character Christian's path very closely, at least in form.
I finally understood when I listened to Lewis's afterword, which was apparently written about a decade later, why I was so confused. Lewis himself admitted that the book was not a commercial success (and in fact it was his first book), because he had assumed that his journey to Christianity was similar to and identifiable to most others. He since realized that he had a very unique path, and so others could not necessarily expect to recognize the various traps and characters he encountered along the way.
I finally understood when I listened to Lewis's afterword, which was apparently written about a decade later, why I was so confused. Lewis himself admitted that the book was not a commercial success (and in fact it was his first book), because he had assumed that his journey to Christianity was similar to and identifiable to most others. He since realized that he had a very unique path, and so others could not necessarily expect to recognize the various traps and characters he encountered along the way.