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* In ''Literature/AlienInASmallTown,'' [[spoiler: Paul]] compares his AnguishedDeclarationOfLove to the burden falling from the back of Bunyan's hero. Indira also at one point describes the city outside her little town as having a Vanity Faire quality to it.
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*''{{Literature/Hester}}'' volume 3, chapter 5:
->'''Catherine''': What do I care for your maids and their lovers? You can settle these surely without me.\\
'''Matilda''': Oh, if you will only wait a little! Very soon we could hear that it was, if you please, Miss Hester's voice, and she was inviting some one in. Oh, pressing him—almost forcing him. Shouldn't you say so Martha? like the woman in the ''Pilgrim's Progress''.



* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"]] Litefoot quotes from ''The Pilgrim's Progress''.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"]] Litefoot quotes from ''The Pilgrim's Progress''.Progress''.
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*{{Music/Danzig}}'s music video for ''Mother'' uses a quote from the book as an {{epigraph}}.
-->''And there I saw there was a path to Hell, even from the gates of Heaven.''

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References to ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'' in other works.



* ''Literature/ChasingButterflies'': The Vanity Rail is a shout-out to the Vanity Fair from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', with Mr. Hive taking the place of Beelzebub.
* ''Literature/{{Hieroglyphics}}'': In putting forth his theory, Machen examines a vast amount of works, including the likes of ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', ''Literature/ThePickwickPapers'', ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', ''Literature/DonQuixote'', ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', ''Literature/VanityFair'', and ''Literature/TheScarletLetter''.
* ''Literature/LittleWomen'': The book is fraught with [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] and {{Homage}}s to ''Literature/PilgrimsProgress''.
* ''Literature/TheGreatDivorce'' can be seen as a (then) modern, less unsubtle counterpart to John Bunyan's classic ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress''. Both works are allegories for the Christian faith where almost every character represents an ideology or a personal vice, and they both [[spoiler:turn out to be dreams at the end]]. Lewis also wrote ''The Pilgrim's Regress'', which was more blatantly inspired by Bunyan's work right down to the title.
* The title of ''Literature/ThePilgrimsRegress'' is a [[LiteraryAllusionTitle play on the title]] of John Bunyan's ''The Pilgrim's Progress''.
* ''Literature/TheQuestForKarla'': Smiley's go-to alias of "Mr Standfast" - on the one hand, it's mentioned as being in reference to ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', and on the other, it's the title of one of [[Literature/MrStandfast John Buchan's Hannay novels]] (where it's also a reference to ''The Pilgrim's Progress'').
* The title of ''Literature/MrStandfast'' comes from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', which is also alluded to throughout the text.
* ''Literature/VanityFair'': The title "Vanity Fair" is taken from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress''. It was originally a fair held in the sinful town of Vanity that sat athwart the road to Heaven.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': A passage from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', never explicitly identified (a character thinks it is "scripture" of some kind) plays a role in "The Borders of Infinity".

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* ''Literature/ChasingButterflies'': The Vanity Rail is a shout-out to the Vanity Fair from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', Fair, with Mr. Hive taking the place of Beelzebub.
* ''Literature/{{Hieroglyphics}}'': In putting forth his theory, Machen examines a vast amount of works, including the likes of ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', ''Literature/ThePickwickPapers'', ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', ''Literature/DonQuixote'', ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', ''Literature/VanityFair'', and ''Literature/TheScarletLetter''.
''The Pilgrim's Progress''.
* ''Literature/LittleWomen'': The book is fraught with [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] and {{Homage}}s to ''Literature/PilgrimsProgress''.
''The Pilgrim's Progress''.
* ''Literature/TheGreatDivorce'' by Creator/CSLewis can be seen as a (then) modern, less unsubtle counterpart to John Bunyan's classic ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress''. ''The Pilgrim's Progress''. Both works are allegories for the Christian faith where almost every character represents an ideology or a personal vice, and they both [[spoiler:turn out to be dreams at the end]]. Lewis end]].
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also wrote ''The Pilgrim's Regress'', ''Literature/ThePilgrimsRegress'', which was more blatantly inspired by Bunyan's work right down to the title.
* The title of ''Literature/ThePilgrimsRegress'' is a [[LiteraryAllusionTitle play on the title]] of John Bunyan's ''The Pilgrim's Progress''.
title.
* ''Literature/TheQuestForKarla'': Smiley's go-to alias of "Mr Standfast" - on the one hand, it's mentioned as being in reference to ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', and on the other, it's the title of one of [[Literature/MrStandfast John Buchan's Hannay novels]] (where it's also a reference to ''The Pilgrim's Progress'').
Standfast".
* The title of ''Literature/MrStandfast'' comes from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', ''The Pilgrim's Progress'', which is also alluded to throughout the text.
* ''Literature/VanityFair'': The title title. "Vanity Fair" is taken from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress''. It was originally a fair held in the sinful town of Vanity that sat athwart the road to Heaven.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': A passage from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', ''The Pilgrim's Progress'', never explicitly identified as such (a character thinks it is "scripture" of some kind) plays a role in "The Borders of Infinity".



* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"]] Litefoot quotes from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'' and attributes it to Creator/JohnBunyan.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"]] Litefoot quotes from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'' and attributes it to Creator/JohnBunyan.''The Pilgrim's Progress''.
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the link to The Thirty-Nine Steps was because that page covered the whole series, but now Mr Standfast has its own page


* ''Literature/TheThirtyNineSteps'': The title of ''Mr Standfast'' comes from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', which is also alluded to throughout the text.

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* ''Literature/TheThirtyNineSteps'': The title of ''Mr Standfast'' ''Literature/MrStandfast'' comes from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', which is also alluded to throughout the text.
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* ''Literature/ChasingButterflies'': The Vanity Rail is a shout-out to the Vanity Fair from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', with Mr. Hive taking the place of Beelzebub.
* ''Literature/{{Hieroglyphics}}'': In putting forth his theory, Machen examines a vast amount of works, including the likes of ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', ''Literature/ThePickwickPapers'', ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', ''Literature/DonQuixote'', ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', ''Literature/VanityFair'', and ''Literature/TheScarletLetter''.
* ''Literature/LittleWomen'': The book is fraught with [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] and {{Homage}}s to ''Literature/PilgrimsProgress''.
* ''Literature/TheGreatDivorce'' can be seen as a (then) modern, less unsubtle counterpart to John Bunyan's classic ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress''. Both works are allegories for the Christian faith where almost every character represents an ideology or a personal vice, and they both [[spoiler:turn out to be dreams at the end]]. Lewis also wrote ''The Pilgrim's Regress'', which was more blatantly inspired by Bunyan's work right down to the title.
* The title of ''Literature/ThePilgrimsRegress'' is a [[LiteraryAllusionTitle play on the title]] of John Bunyan's ''The Pilgrim's Progress''.
* ''Literature/TheQuestForKarla'': Smiley's go-to alias of "Mr Standfast" - on the one hand, it's mentioned as being in reference to ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', and on the other, it's the title of one of [[Literature/MrStandfast John Buchan's Hannay novels]] (where it's also a reference to ''The Pilgrim's Progress'').
* ''Literature/TheThirtyNineSteps'': The title of ''Mr Standfast'' comes from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', which is also alluded to throughout the text.
* ''Literature/VanityFair'': The title "Vanity Fair" is taken from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress''. It was originally a fair held in the sinful town of Vanity that sat athwart the road to Heaven.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': A passage from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', never explicitly identified (a character thinks it is "scripture" of some kind) plays a role in "The Borders of Infinity".

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"]] Litefoot quotes from ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'' and attributes it to Creator/JohnBunyan.

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