About the Book: The Prophet
A book of twenty-six poetic essays written in English, Kahlil Gibran the
Prophet is full of religious inspirations. With the twelve illustrations drawn
by the author himself, the book took more than eleven years to be formulated and
perfected and is Gibrans best-known work. It represents the height of his
literary career as he came to be noted as the Bard of Washington street.
captivating and vivified with feeling, the Prophet has been translated into
forty languages throughout the world, and is considered the most widely read
book of the twentieth century. Its first edition of 1300 copies sold out within
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