by Kahlil Gibran · 1923
Poetry · Classics
Almustafa, about to sail home after twelve years, is asked by the people of Orphalese to speak on love, work, joy and sorrow, and death. A book of prose poems by the Lebanese-American writer Kahlil Gibran.
Content note: Written long ago, this book reflects the views and language of its time.
The Prophet | Project Gutenberg
THE PROPHET
By Kahlil Gibran
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
The Twelve Illustrations In This Volume Are 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
