The Prophet
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The Prophet

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eBook - ePub

The Prophet

About this book

The Prophet is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English in 1923 by the Lebanese-American artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. In the book, the prophet Almustafa who has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses many issues of life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.

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Information

Publisher
Booklassic
eBook ISBN
9789635235841
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Poetry
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Chapter 1 - The Coming of the Ship
  3. Chapter 2 - On Love
  4. Chapter 3 - On Marriage
  5. Chapter 4 - On Children
  6. Chapter 5 - On Giving
  7. Chapter 6 - On Eating & Drinking
  8. Chapter 7 - On Work
  9. Chapter 8 - On Joy & Sorrow
  10. Chapter 9 - On Houses
  11. Chapter 10 - On Clothes
  12. Chapter 11 - On Buying & Selling
  13. Chapter 12 - On Crime & Punishment
  14. Chapter 13 - On Laws
  15. Chapter 14 - On Freedom
  16. Chapter 15 - On Reason & Passion
  17. Chapter 16 - On Pain
  18. Chapter 17 - On Self-Knowledge
  19. Chapter 18 - On Teaching
  20. Chapter 19 - On Friendship
  21. Chapter 20 - On Talking
  22. Chapter 21 - On Time
  23. Chapter 22 - On Good & Evil
  24. Chapter 23 - On Prayer
  25. Chapter 24 - On Pleasure
  26. Chapter 25 - On Beauty
  27. Chapter 26 - On Religion
  28. Chapter 27 - On Death
  29. Chapter 28 - The Farewell

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