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The Prophet Paperback - 2015

by Kahlil Gibran

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Readers largely praise The Prophet for its lyrical, aphoristic prose and a spiritual tone that avoids religious dogma. Its brevity and density of quotable lines make it feel accessible and re-readable, with sections like “On Children” frequently singled out. Many describe it as reflective and emotionally resonant, though some want more philosophical rigor or clearer arguments, and a few find it derivative or overly vague. Overall sentiment skews strongly positive, with occasional dissent.

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Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time--a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages.

The Prophet contains powerful words of wisdom on such essential subjects as marriage, children, friendship, work, and pleasure--words that readers from around the world have found inspirational and life-changing. A poet, artist, and mystic, Gibran was born to a poor Christian family in Lebanon and emigrated to the United States as an adolescent, where he began studying art. The twenty-eight poetic essays collected in The Prophet are illustrated with twelve of his full-page drawings. Perhaps no other twentieth-century writer has touched the hearts and minds of so remarkably varied and widespread a readership.

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  • Title The Prophet
  • Author Kahlil Gibran
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 112
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage
  • Publication date 2015-07-21
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781101970782 / 1101970782
  • Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.4 in (20.07 x 12.95 x 1.02 cm)
  • Reading level 990
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Holiday: Valentine's Day
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Topical: New Age
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress subjects Mysticism, Prose poems, American
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.52

About the author

Kahlil Gibran was born in 1883 in Lebanon and died in New York in 1931. His family emigrated to the United States in 1895. In his early teens, the artistry of Gibran's drawings caught the eye of his teachers and he was introduced to the avant-garde Boston artist, photographer, and publisher Fred Holland Day, who encouraged and supported Gibran in his creative endeavors. A publisher used some of Gibran's drawings for book covers in 1898, and Gibran held his first art exhibition in 1904 in Boston. In 1908, Gibran went to study art with Auguste Rodin in Paris for two years, and he later studied art in Boston. While most of Gibran's early writing was in Arabic, most of his work published after 1918 was in English. Gibran's best-known work is The Prophet, a book composed of 28 poetic essays.
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