The Prophet

by Gibran, Kahlil

• ISBN13: 9781851681785
• ISBN10: 1851681787
• Edition: Gift
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-04-22
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Summary

Reissued to mark the 75th anniversary of the first publication of THE PROPHET,his is a gift edition of Gibran's work. THE PROPHET speaks of love andarriage, joy and sorrow, reason and passion, beauty and death. Inspiredargely by nature, it conveys the yearning for a Unity of Being that can onlye achieved through love.

Author Biography

Kahlil Gibran's early years were spent in Lebanon. He immigrated to Boston with his family in 1895, at the age of 12. Following a period of study in Paris, Gibran moved to New York, where he composed his most famous book, The Prophet. He died in New York in 1931 at the age of 48.

Table of 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