What name did C.S. Lewis use for his 1933 novel about a pilgrimage?

C.S. Lewis’s 1933 novel about a pilgrimage is The Pilgrim’s Regress.

The book was Lewis’s first published work of prose fiction. Its subtitle, An Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason and Romanticism, signals its mixture of religious argument, philosophical ideas, and allegorical adventure. The central character, John, travels through a symbolic landscape while encountering figures and obstacles representing competing beliefs.

Lewis wrote the book after his conversion to Christianity, which followed years of intellectual and spiritual change. He later said that readers often found the allegory difficult because he had not made its symbolism sufficiently clear.

The title echoes John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, but Lewis’s work is not a retelling. It reflects modern debates about reason, imagination, morality, and Christian belief in the early twentieth century.