Restoration: John Bunyan

"John Bunyan (1628 – 1688), a Christian writer and preacher... wrote The Pilgrim's Progress, arguably the most famous published Christian allegory" (wikipedia). You will want to familiarize yourself with The Pilgrim’s Progress. It is easily recognized by the main character of "Christian the pilgrim" and the allegorical place names. It is a good example of the Puritan plain style. The work can be read as an allegorical novel or Christian Bildungsroman, as the novel traces the development and growth of the main character.

• Biography
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  • The Pilgrim's Progress (1678)
    • Overview, Summary, Plot, Characters
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• Courteous companions, some time since, to tell you my dream that I had of Christian the pilgrim, and of his dangerous journey towards the Celestial Country, was pleasant to me, and profitable to you. I told you, then, also, what I saw concerning his wife and children, and how unwilling they were to go with him on pilgrimage, insomuch that he was forced to go on his progress without them; for he durst not run the danger of that destruction which he feared would come by staying with them in the City of Destruction. Wherefore, as I then shewed you, he left them, and departed.(Excerpt from Part Two (from Bibliomania http://www.bibliomania.com)