Izaak Walton

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1) The compleat angler

Author

Pub. Date

[1668]

Description

First published in 1653, Izaak Walton's "The Compleat Angler" is a classic and much-loved treatise on the art of fishing. Immediately popular after its publication, "The Compleat Angler" was reprinted and updated numerous times by Walton. Written as a conversation between the fictional characters of the experienced angler Piscator and his student Viator, which was changed to a hunter named Venator in later editions, the treatise is part an instructional...

2) The compleat angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation

Author

Walton, Izaak

Pub. Date

1998

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A classic English discourse on the techniques and rewards of fishing includes a chapter on fly fishing added to the fifth edition

3) The pilgrim's progress

Author

Bunyan, John

Series

Oxford world's classics
Pilgrim's Progress
The Harvard classics ed by C. W. Eliot. [XV]
Paraclete living library
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Book, CD

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A religious allegory which follows the trials and tribulations of Christian as he journeys to the Celestial City, and looks at the fate of his wife, Christiana, and their children--left behind when he began his quest.

4) The pilgrim's progress: The Lives of John Donne and George Herbert

Author

Bunyan, John

Pub. Date

1909, 1937

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The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come; Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan and published in February, 1678. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been translated into more than 200 languages, and has never been out of print. The allegory of this book has antecedents in a large number of Christian devotional works that speak...