Audiobook: Life and Death of Mr. Badman
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Seventeenth-century Puritan theologian John Bunyan wrote The Life and Death of Mr. Badman as a companion piece to The Pilgrimās Progress, the literary work for which Bunyan is best remembered. Although both works are Christian allegories that provide the reader with moral and spiritual instruction, The Pilgrimās Progress accomplishes this goal primarily via the positive example of the protagonist, while The Life and Death of Mr. Badman does the opposite; Pilgrim is ultimately destined for heaven, while Mr. Badman is destined for hell.
The two works also differ in their format. Pilgrimās story is presented as a dream sequence, while Mr. Badmanās story is instead told via a dialogue between two other characters: Mr. Wiseman, who relates Mr. Badmanās narrative and draws life lessons from it, and Mr. Attentive, who asks prompting questions and makes comments on the tale he hears. Throughout the story, Bunyan details a variety of Mr. Badmanās sins including lying, swearing, and Sabbath-breaking.
Despite its length, the original text was one continuous narrative without chapter breaks. This LibriVox production is presented as dialogue by two readers and divided into smaller parts for convenience.
- Summary by David Purdy
Preface and narration, voiced by KevinS
Mr Attentive, voiced by David Purdy
Mr Wiseman, voiced by Larry Wilson
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