The Pilgrim's Regress: An Allegorical Apology for Christianity Reason and Romanticism |
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The first book written by C.S. Lewis after his conversion, The Pilgrim's Regress is the record of Lewis's own search for meaning and spiritual satisfaction, a search that eventually led him to Christianity. This brilliant, Bunyanesque allegory tells a fascinating story and constitutes an effective Christian apologia.
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Customer Reviews:
• Slightly Dated, But Still Very Relevant
24 June, 2007
I both enjoyed and unenjoyed this book. It's a bit hard to explain why, though. I enjoyed it because it was an interesting tale and lightly told. Many of the points are not difficult to graps, even when guised as allegory. But at times, some of the allegorical characters really got rambling on and on and this made it difficult to wade through for what, exactly, was being allegorized. But, as Lewis himself admits, it was a bit dense at times and therefore he added bylines at the tops of each page to help readers who get bogged down in the quagmire. So, I suppose, on the whole it was good, and I would recommend it to other Christians, but I have my suspicions that non-Christians won't quite see it the same way.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Worth Reading Over And Over And Over Again
22 March, 2008
Everyone says this isn't Lewis' best work, and they're right. But it's still great. I just finished it for the fourth time and I'm not finished with it at all - I'll re-read it again and again.
The best criticism of it came from Lewis himself in his (later-written) introduction on Romanticism, but my two-cents is that some of the conversations and speeches are so erudite that they take a great deal of knowledge to follow the thoughts. That can be a plus - the reader is given plenty to think about. But it can make it slow going. Also, a bit of caricaturing points-of-view grated on me this time.
But the characters are fascinating, even startling at times (the gaunt woman who "picks clean" her environment so as not to let fleshly realities contaminate her!). Lewis has a gift like Stanley Kubrick for haunting imagery. I'm amazed that this book hasn't been illustrated or developed into visuals - it would make a powerful series of animations - though not for kids.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Not Lewis' Best Work, But Well Worth Reading For Lewis Fans
12 July, 2009
This is an interesting allegory along the lines of Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" which seems to depict Lewis' own spiritual and philosophical journey. Average readers (like me) may not pick up on some of the symbolism here, but there is enough of interest for Lewis fans (like me) to make it well worth reading (in spite of the bad poetry). Don't skip the preface (to the 3rd edition) as it provides some good insight to the story and an important explanation of Lewis' concept of "romanticism" and what he means by "joy" in the sense of "longing" or "desire" which cannot be entirely satisfied in this life. I think my favorite part was John's conversation with Reason in the chapter "Esse is Percipi" where we are reminded that the real world of our being hasn't all that much to do with our material existence the physical makeup of our bodies.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Pilgrim Regress
05 October, 2009
I highly recommend this book but it was very different from anything that I have previously read. The best thing about this book is that it reads a little like a mystery and at the same time has parallels and analogies for life.
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• Pilgrim's Regress
14 October, 2008
It's everything I expected. I read it originally about 50 years ago, and had forgotten much of it. But the central message was still loud and clear.
- Amazon Customer Review
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