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* {{Allegory}}: One of the most famous examples in all of literature. Any other allegorical works will be compared to this one.


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* {{Allegory}}: One of the most famous examples in all of literature. Any other allegorical works will be compared to this one.

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Crosswicking Pilgrimage


The story is in two parts (originally published separately) and concerns the journey of an everyman named Christian (and, later, his wife and family in the second part) from the City of Destruction (this world) to the Celestial City (the world which is to come, {{Heaven}}). The journey is fraught with dangers, and there are many temptations to leave the straight and narrow road. Christian meets good friends and deadly enemies on the path. Though he makes mistakes along the way that nearly result in his destruction, Christian is forgiven when he returns to the true road, and eventually is allowed to enter the Celestial City.

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The story is in two parts (originally published separately) and concerns the journey [[{{Pilgrimage}} journey]] of an everyman named Christian (and, later, his wife and family in the second part) from the City of Destruction (this world) to the Celestial City (the world which is to come, {{Heaven}}). The journey is fraught with dangers, and there are many temptations to leave the straight and narrow road. Christian meets good friends and deadly enemies on the path. Though he makes mistakes along the way that nearly result in his destruction, Christian is forgiven when he returns to the true road, and eventually is allowed to enter the Celestial City.


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* {{Pilgrimage}}: The novel is about a journey from Earth to Heaven, as a metaphor for conversion to Christianity.
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: Giant Despair was himself a Pilgrim until he committed the Ultimate Sin, damning him. And he knows this. This is part of why he [[DrivenToSuicide drives other pilgrims to suicide.]] He'll never see heaven, so he tries to make sure as many people as possible don't either.

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Corrected trope (as he's actually encouraging them to do it)


* MurderBySuicide: Giant Despair encourages his prisoners to kill themselves, and provides implements for the purpose. They're even shown the skeletons of previous prisoners who took him up on it.



* SuicideDare: Giant Despair encourages his prisoners to kill themselves, and even provides implements for the purpose.
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* OverlyLongTitle: While normally just referred to as "Pilgrim's Progress", its actual title is "The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come; Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream". Yeah, in the first edition, the title takes up the whole cover.
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''The Pilgrim's Progress'' (full title: ''[[OverlyLongTitle The Pilgrim's Progress From This World, To That Which Is to Come: Delivered under the Similtude of a Dream, Wherein is Discovered, the manner of his setting out, His Dangerous Journey, and safe arrival at the Desired Country]]'') is an [[{{Allegory}} allegorical]] work by John Bunyan, first published in 1678. It was written during Bunyan's terms in prison for holding worship services outside the auspices of the official Church of England.

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''The Pilgrim's Progress'' (full title: ''[[OverlyLongTitle ''[[ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle The Pilgrim's Progress From This World, To That Which Is to Come: Delivered under the Similtude of a Dream, Wherein is Discovered, the manner of his setting out, His Dangerous Journey, and safe arrival at the Desired Country]]'') is an [[{{Allegory}} allegorical]] work by John Bunyan, first published in 1678. It was written during Bunyan's terms in prison for holding worship services outside the auspices of the official Church of England.
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* WorldOfSymbolism: ''Every single name'' in the story is straightforwardly allegorical. {{Justified}} by an AllJustADream opening.

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* WorldOfSymbolism: ''Every single name'' in the story is straightforwardly allegorical. {{Justified}} {{Justified|Trope}} by an AllJustADream opening.
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* KangarooCourt: Christian and Faithful are put through one of these in Vanity Fair. This ends with them both being sentenced to death and [[spoiler: the torture and execution of Faithful. After that Christian escapes]].

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* KangarooCourt: Christian and Faithful are put through one of these in Vanity Fair. This ends with them both being sentenced to death and [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the torture and execution of Faithful. After that Christian escapes]].

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* MeaningfulName: Almost everyone is named after a virtue or vice, and the implications of their role in a Christian's day-to-day life. Even those bearing the name of Biblical characters represents something related to the Christian living.

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* MeaningfulName: Almost everyone is named after a virtue or vice, and the implications of their role in a Christian's day-to-day life. Even those bearing the name of Biblical characters represents something related to the Christian living. Then you have places like The City of Destruction, Prating Row, Stupidity, Vanity Fair, the Slough of Despond, The Valley of Death...
* MeaningfulRename: Christian's original name was Graceless. It's entirely likely that people like Old Honest had different names in the past, too (Honest comes from the town of Stupidity).

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Corrected which dream trope this falls under.


* AllJustADream: {{Subverted}}. For once, All Just A Dream doesn't need spoiler tags. We are told it's a dream in the very title, in the first sentence, and throughout the story; the last sentence is "And so I awoke, and behold, it was a dream." Apparently, presenting the story as a dream was a common way of saying the book was fiction back then.


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* DreamEpisode: We're told "This is a dream" from the very title and the first sentence of the book. Apparently, presenting the story as a dream was a common way of saying the book was fiction back in Bunyan's day.
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* LongBusTrip: After Christian skewers him, Apollyon flies off, swearing that he'll come back and have his vengeance. But aside from a couple of name-drops, Apollyon is never seen again in the story.
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* NamesToTrustImmediately: For every bad person there will always be at least ''one'' good person representing what good people Christians will encounter. For example, Help, who...well, helps Christian out of the Slough of Despond, Evangelist who motivates Christian to start his journey to the [[{{Heaven}} Celestial City]] and The Interpreter who teaches Christian and any future pilgrims about how to live their lives correctly. The Shining Ones also tend to the pilgrims, being representative of God's Angels. Finally, Goodwill, the keeper of the Wicket Gate willingly allows Christian and later his wife and children and their accompanying friend, "with all of [his] heart"; as such, he is identified as none other than UsefulNotes/JesusChrist Himself.

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* NamesToTrustImmediately: For every bad person there will always be at least ''one'' good person representing what good people Christians will encounter. For example, Help, who...well, helps Christian out of the Slough of Despond, Evangelist who motivates Christian to start his journey to the [[{{Heaven}} Celestial City]] and The Interpreter who teaches Christian and any future pilgrims about how to live their lives correctly. The Shining Ones also tend to the pilgrims, being representative of God's Angels. Finally, Goodwill, the keeper of the Wicket Gate willingly allows Christian and later his wife and children and their accompanying friend, "with all of [his] heart"; as such, he is identified as none other than UsefulNotes/JesusChrist Himself.''UsefulNotes/JesusChrist Himself''.
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* NamesToTrustImmediately: For every bad person there will always be at least ''one'' good person representing what good people Christians will encounter. For example, Help, who...well, helps Christian out of the Slough of Despond, Evangelist who motivates Christian to start his journey to the [[{{Heaven}} Celestial City]] and The Interpreter who teaches Christian and any future pilgrims about how to live their lives correctly. The Shining Ones also tend to the pilgrims, being representative of God's Angels. Finally, Goodwill, the keeper of the Wicket Gate willingly allows Christian and later his wife and children and their accompanying friend, "with all of [his] heart"; as such, he is identified as none other than UsefulNotes/JesusChrist.

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* NamesToTrustImmediately: For every bad person there will always be at least ''one'' good person representing what good people Christians will encounter. For example, Help, who...well, helps Christian out of the Slough of Despond, Evangelist who motivates Christian to start his journey to the [[{{Heaven}} Celestial City]] and The Interpreter who teaches Christian and any future pilgrims about how to live their lives correctly. The Shining Ones also tend to the pilgrims, being representative of God's Angels. Finally, Goodwill, the keeper of the Wicket Gate willingly allows Christian and later his wife and children and their accompanying friend, "with all of [his] heart"; as such, he is identified as none other than UsefulNotes/JesusChrist.UsefulNotes/JesusChrist Himself.
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The story is in two parts (originally published separately) and concerns the journey of an everyman named Christian (and, later, his wife and family in the second part) from the City of Destruction (this world) to the Celestial City (the world which is to come, Heaven). The journey is fraught with dangers, and there are many temptations to leave the straight and narrow road. Christian meets good friends and deadly enemies on the path. Though he makes mistakes along the way that nearly result in his destruction, Christian is forgiven when he returns to the true road, and eventually is allowed to enter the Celestial City.

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The story is in two parts (originally published separately) and concerns the journey of an everyman named Christian (and, later, his wife and family in the second part) from the City of Destruction (this world) to the Celestial City (the world which is to come, Heaven).{{Heaven}}). The journey is fraught with dangers, and there are many temptations to leave the straight and narrow road. Christian meets good friends and deadly enemies on the path. Though he makes mistakes along the way that nearly result in his destruction, Christian is forgiven when he returns to the true road, and eventually is allowed to enter the Celestial City.



* NamesToTrustImmediately: ''E.g.'' Help, who...well, helps Christian out of the Slough of Despond, Evangelist who motivates Christian to start his journey to the [[{{Heaven}} Celestial City]] and The Interpreter who teaches Christian and any future pilgrims about how to live their lives correctly. The Shining Ones also tend to the pilgrims, being representative of God's Angels. Finally, Goodwill, the keeper of the Wicket Gate willingly allows Christian and later his wife and children and their accompanying friend, "with all of [his] heart"; as such, he is sometimes identified as or alleged to none other than UsefulNotes/JesusChrist.

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* NamesToTrustImmediately: ''E.g.'' For every bad person there will always be at least ''one'' good person representing what good people Christians will encounter. For example, Help, who...well, helps Christian out of the Slough of Despond, Evangelist who motivates Christian to start his journey to the [[{{Heaven}} Celestial City]] and The Interpreter who teaches Christian and any future pilgrims about how to live their lives correctly. The Shining Ones also tend to the pilgrims, being representative of God's Angels. Finally, Goodwill, the keeper of the Wicket Gate willingly allows Christian and later his wife and children and their accompanying friend, "with all of [his] heart"; as such, he is sometimes identified as or alleged to none other than UsefulNotes/JesusChrist.
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%%* BewareOfViciousDog: The dog owned by the Innkeeper's next-door neighbor in the second part.

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%%* * BewareOfViciousDog: The second part has one dog which confronts Christina, her children and their companion Mercy at the Wicket Gate leading to the King's Highway. This dog is later stated to be owned by the Innkeeper's next-door neighbor in the second part.Satan, and is sometimes noted to represent opposition and adversity to prayer.
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* WriterOnBoard: John Bunyan takes some time in the book to state his views on some allegorisations he made to Christianity.

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* WriterOnBoard: John Bunyan takes some time in the book and temporarily stops the story to state his views on some allegorisations he made to Christianity.Christianity, otherwise he notes of some important points when the pilgrims encounter a dire situation. He even has some conversation and discussion with one Mr. Sagacity in the beginning of the second part.
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%%* WriterOnBoard: It's an allegory; what did you expect?

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%%* * WriterOnBoard: It's an allegory; what did you expect?John Bunyan takes some time in the book to state his views on some allegorisations he made to Christianity.
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* CompositeCharacter: In the original book, the only time John Bunyan actually interacts with the cast is when he asks about the Slough. In the AnimatedAdaptation from the 70s, Bunyan doesn't appear in the story at all and ''Christian'' fulfills the role of inquiring about it.

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* CompositeCharacter: In the original book, the only time John Bunyan actually interacts with the cast is when he asks about the Slough. In the AnimatedAdaptation from the 70s, Bunyan doesn't appear in the story at all and ''Christian'' fulfills fulfils the role of inquiring about it.



* CoupleThemeNaming: Christian and his wife Christiana.

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* CoupleThemeNaming: Christian and his wife Christiana. They soon become pilgrims (Christians) on their way to the Celestial City.



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%%* EasyRoadToHell* EasyRoadToHell: PlayedWith. Christian is nearly drawn out of the King's Highway either on advice from worldly folks such as Worldly Wiseman, or on other companions, such as Hopeful intending to get some rest on the byway to Doubting Castle. Still, as long as he and other pilgrims still keep their scroll to enter the Celestial City, they're all good. For others such as two men who tried to find alternate routes around Hill Difficulty, and Ignorance, who never possessed the scroll to enter the City, all end up being eternally condemned.



* TookALevelInBadass: Christian goes from a weary traveler that almost drowns in a shallow bog, to a Badass that defeated a demon lord single-handedly.

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* TookALevelInBadass: Christian goes from a weary traveler that almost drowns in a shallow bog, to a Badass dauntless pilgrim that defeated a demon lord single-handedly.
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* HopeCrusher: Giant Despair captures pilgrims who come too close to [[WorldOfSymbolism Doubting Castle]], locks them in his dungeon, beats them, starves them, [[SuicideDare provides them implements for committing suicide]], and shows them the bones of other pilgrims he's killed, all for no other reason than to make them lose hope. Fortunately, [[spoiler:Christian remembers he had the key to escape from the dungeons with him all along]].

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* HopeCrusher: Giant Despair captures pilgrims who come too close to [[WorldOfSymbolism Doubting Castle]], locks them in his dungeon, beats them, starves them, [[SuicideDare provides them implements for committing suicide]], and shows them the bones of other pilgrims he's killed, all for no other reason than to [[DespairEventHorizon make them lose hope. hope]]. Fortunately, [[spoiler:Christian remembers he had the key to escape from the dungeons with him all along]].along, allowing him and Hopeful to hurry out of there]].
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%%* NamesToTrustImmediately: ''E.g.'' Help, Evangelist, The Interpreter

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%%* * NamesToTrustImmediately: ''E.g.'' Help, Evangelist, who...well, helps Christian out of the Slough of Despond, Evangelist who motivates Christian to start his journey to the [[{{Heaven}} Celestial City]] and The InterpreterInterpreter who teaches Christian and any future pilgrims about how to live their lives correctly. The Shining Ones also tend to the pilgrims, being representative of God's Angels. Finally, Goodwill, the keeper of the Wicket Gate willingly allows Christian and later his wife and children and their accompanying friend, "with all of [his] heart"; as such, he is sometimes identified as or alleged to none other than UsefulNotes/JesusChrist.

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* AnimatedAdaptation;

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** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' developer Scott Cawthon directed and narrated a 2005 computer animation movie and also produced a video game adaptation.

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** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' developer Scott Cawthon Creator/ScottCawthon directed and narrated a 2005 computer animation movie and also produced a video game adaptation.



%%* CardCarryingVillain: Some of the NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast indicate this.

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%%* * CardCarryingVillain: Some of the folks with NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast indicate this.this such as Worldly-Wiseman who gives worldly advice, Lord Hate-Good, an evil judge who tries Christian and Faithful for not conforming to Vanity Fair's ideologies and Apollyon, an image of Satan.
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** The journey in general is as apt an allegory for life as Christianity, and vice-versa. Both have their ups and downs, their good times and their bad, but moving forward rather than trying to hold onto the good times forever or losing hope and wallowing in the bad times is the only healthy way to live.

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** The journey in general is as apt an allegory for life as Christianity, and vice-versa. Both have their ups and downs, their good times and their bad, but moving forward rather than trying to hold onto the good times forever or losing hope and wallowing in the bad times is the only healthy way to live. And making a mistake and straying from the straight-and-narrow is only the end if you give up and stop ''trying'' to get back onto the path and do better next time.

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* CallToAdventure: Evangelist was the one who sets Christian on his pilgrimage to Celestial City, though he all but disappears afterwards.

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* CallToAdventure: Evangelist was the one who sets Christian on his pilgrimage to Celestial City, though he all but disappears afterwards.afterwards, showing up only to predict that one of Christian and Faithful would perish in Vanity.


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* DoomedMoralVictor: Faithful is [[RasputinianDeath tortured to death]] for refusing to renounce his faith and rejecting the consumerism of Vanity Fair, but as Evangelist predicted, this not only means he goes on to his reward before Christian, but the sight of his spirit being carried off to heaven inspires Hopeful and many others who had become disillusioned with the spiritual emptiness of Vanity to begin their own pilgrimages.


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* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: Christina's party contains such figures as Honest, an old man, Feeble-Mind, who has a weak mind and body, Ready-to-Halt, who requires crutches to travel, and Despondancy and Much-Afraid, an old man and his daughter trapped in Giant Despair's castle.
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** The journey in general is as apt an allegory for life as Christianity, and vice-versa. Both have their ups and downs, their good times and their bad, but moving forward rather than trying to hold onto the good times forever or losing hope and wallowing in the bad times is the only healthy way to live.
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* OffWithHisHead: Great-heart decapitates Giant Despair in the second part of the story.

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%%* AnAesop: By the zillion. Also, the entire point of the work.

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%%* * AnAesop: By ''Many'' throughout the zillion. Also, book, including:
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the entire point first sign of trouble, and ending up a laughingstock in town.
** The scene with Christian struggling to escape the Slough of Despond teaches need for Help (that is the name
of the work.man who helps him out) when someone is going through a rough patch in life.
** The scene with Talkative shows the difference between someone who ''has'' Faith, and one who simply talks a good game.
** Christian falling asleep in the arbour and losing his scroll is a warning against sleeping during times of troubles.
** Christiana runs into trouble from time to time for failing to ask for help.



%%* {{Arcadia}}: The Delectable Mountains, Beulah Land.

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%%* * {{Arcadia}}: The Delectable Mountains, Mountains and Beulah Land.Land are beautiful places tended to by servants of [[{{God}} The King]]. They serve as places of respite.



%%* AuthorTract: And a big one.

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%%* * AuthorTract: And A very deliberate allegory of a big one.man's journey and the trials of faith with the intent of teaching readers about what they could expect in the Christian life.



* HangingJudge: Judge Hate-Good, who says Faithful doesn't deserve to live any longer even before the JokerJury has passed its verdict. When Faithful is inevitably found guilty, Judge Hate-Good sentences him to the cruelest death that the court can devise, ending with being burned at the stake.



%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''E.g.'' Lord Hategood, Giant Despair, etc.

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%%* * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''E.g.'' As this story is very heavy on the symbolism, many of the antagonists have such names. These include: [[HangingJudge Lord Hategood, Hategood]], Giant Despair, etc.Mr. Malice, Mr. Enmity, and Mr. Cruelty.



%%* TakeThat: A couple at the Catholic Church. There's also some jabs at the notion of government-approved religion (i.e., the Church of England), but these are a bit more subtle.

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%%* * TakeThat: A couple at the Catholic Church.Church, including the Giant Pope, who is shown as being extremely old and weak, but in the past lured Christians away from the faith. There's also some jabs at the notion of government-approved religion (i.e., the Church of England), but these are a bit more subtle.
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* AllJustADream: {{Subverted}}. For once, AllJustADream doesn't need spoiler tags. We are told it's a dream in the very title, in the first sentence, and throughout the story; the last sentence is "And so I awoke, and behold, it was a dream." Apparently, presenting the story as a dream was a common way of saying the book was fiction back then.

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* AllJustADream: {{Subverted}}. For once, AllJustADream All Just A Dream doesn't need spoiler tags. We are told it's a dream in the very title, in the first sentence, and throughout the story; the last sentence is "And so I awoke, and behold, it was a dream." Apparently, presenting the story as a dream was a common way of saying the book was fiction back then.

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