The Celestial Railroad, allegorical short story by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in and included in his short-story collection Mosses from an Old Manse (). Following the path of Christian in John Bunyan ’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, the narrator travels from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City—not on foot as had the original pilgrim but as a passenger on the Celestial Railroad. The Celestial Railroad. Not a great while ago, passing through the gate of dreams, I visited that region of the earth in which lies the famous City of Destruction. It interested me much to learn that by the public spirit of some of the inhabitants a railroad has recently been established between this populous and flourishing town and the Celestial City. · In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story ''The Celestial Railroad,'' the narrator dreams he is taking a train from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City.
By Nathaniel Hawthorne. N ot a great while ago, passing through the gate of dreams, I visited that region of the earth in which lies the famous City of Destruction. It interested me much to learn that by the public spirit of some of the inhabitants a railroad has recently been established between this populous and flourishing town and the. THE CELESTIAL RAILROAD by Nathaniel Hawthorne ( - ) Introduction. This little booklet is a spin-off from Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress". It is an allegory depicting the radical distinction between "the broadness of contemporary Christianity", and "the narrowness of Biblical Christianity". The Celestial Railroad and Other Stories (Signet Classics) by Hawthorne, Nathaniel and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru
ImmorofHawthornewillbemoreprofitable readingandevenbetterappreciatedthanfifty www.doorway.ruecomeaclassicinEnglish www.doorway.ru,therefore,reissued,underits. The Celestial Railroad. " The Celestial Railroad " is short story written as an allegory by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. In it, Hawthorne parodies the seventeenth-century book The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, which portrays a Christian's spiritual "journey" through life. In this story, the pilgrim journeys by iron horse rather than by foot, the burden of sin that Bunyan portrays is pulled by the same train, and Bunyan's figure Evangelist, preaching a message of conversion, is. The Celestial Railroad, allegorical short story by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in and included in his short-story collection Mosses from an Old Manse (). Following the path of Christian in John Bunyan ’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, the narrator travels from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City—not on foot as had the original pilgrim but as a passenger on the Celestial Railroad.
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