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Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

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  • 1666 first published
  • 150 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (3 ratings)
  • 121 editions
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Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners is a 1666 novel by John Bunyan. It takes readers to England and Great Britain in Early modern, 1500–1700. Characters include John Bunyan (1628-1688), Laurence Claxton (1615-1667) and John Crook (1617-1699). Key subjects include Biography, christian biography, english Authors and puritans.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 41 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 121 editions across 7 languages.

It runs to roughly 150 pages — 2–3 hours of reading at an average pace.

Opening line

“IN THIS MY RELATION of the merciful working of God upon my soul, it will not be amiss, if, in the first place, I do in a few words give you a hint of my pedigree, and manner of bringing up; that thereby the goodness and bounty of God towards me, may be the more advanced and magnified before the sons of men.”

Themes, setting & tropes

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

  • John Bunyan (1628-1688)
  • Laurence Claxton (1615-1667)
  • John Crook (1617-1699)
  • Richard Norwood (1590?-1675)
  • Agnes Beaumont (d. 1720)
  • Anges Beaumont (d. 1720)

Subjects

  • Biography
  • Grace, Theology
  • Christian biography
  • English Authors
  • Puritans
  • Early works to 1800
  • Portraits
  • Spiritual life
  • Redemption
  • Christian life
  • Purtians
  • Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
  • Bunyan, john, 1628-1688
  • Authors, english
  • Authors, biography
  • British and irish fiction, Fictional works by one author

Quick answers

Who wrote Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners?

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners was written by John Bunyan and first published in 1666.

How long is Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners?

The median edition has 150 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Christmas Carol, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Rake.

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