The Prophet is a book of poetic prose by Kahlil Gibran. A prophet named Almustafa, about to leave the city where he has lived for twelve years, answers the people's questions on love, work, joy, sorrow, freedom, and death. Its lyrical reflections offer calm wisdom worth hearing aloud.
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Opening of the book
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THE PROPHET
By Kahlil Gibran
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf
1923
Copyright 1923 by Kahlil Gibran
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages or reproduce not more than three illustrations in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper.
Published September 1923
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Reproduced From Original Drawings By The Author
“His power came from some great reservoir of spiritual life else it could not have been so universal and so potent, but the majesty and beauty of the language with which he clothed it were all his own?”
—Claude Bragdon
THE BOOKS OF KAHLIL GIBRAN
The Madman. 1918 Twenty Drawings. 1919 The Forerunner. 1920
The Prophet. 1923 Sand and Foam. 1926 Jesus the Son of Man. 1928
The Forth Gods. 1931 The Wanderer. 1932 The Garden of the Prophet
1933 Prose Poems. 1934 Nymphs of the Valley. 1948
CONTENTS
The Coming of the Ship
On Love
On Marriage
On Children
On Giving
On Eating and Drinking
On Work
On Joy and Sorrow
On Houses
On Clothes
On Buying and Selling
On Crime and Punishment
On Laws
On Freedom
On Reason and Passion
On Pain
On Self-Knowledge
On Teaching
On Friendship
On Talking
On Time
On Good and Evil
On Prayer On Pleasure On Beauty On Religion On Death The Farewell
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