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The Madman: His Parables and Poems

Kahlil Gibran

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 26 pages

The Madman: His Parables and Poems is a collection of short prose poems and parables by Kahlil Gibran. Through aphoristic pieces, it explores identity, masks, freedom, loneliness, and the divine. It is worth listening to for its lyrical, reflective tone and brief meditations on the self and society.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. The Madman His Parables and Poems
  2. God
  3. My Friend
  4. The Scarecrow
  5. The Sleep-Walkers
  6. The Wise Dog
  7. The Two Hermits
  8. On Giving and Taking
  9. The Seven Selves
  10. War
  11. The Fox
  12. The Wise King
  13. Ambition
  14. The New Pleasure
  15. The Other Language
  16. The Pomegranate
  17. The Two Cages
  18. The Three Ants
  19. The Grave-Digger
  20. On the Steps of the Temple
  21. The Blessed City
  22. The Good God and the Evil God
  23. Defeat
  24. Night and the Madman
  25. Faces
  26. The Greater Sea
  27. Crucified
  28. The Astronomer
  29. The Great Longing
  30. Said a Blade of Grass

and 6 more chapters

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