The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran

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Kahlil Gibran most celebrated work, The Prophet has sold tens of millions of copies and has been translated into more than forty languages. Composed as a series of poetic essays spoken by the wise Almustafa as he prepares to leave the city of Orphalese for his island home, it distils twenty-six meditations on love, marriage, children, work, joy and sorrow, freedom, beauty and death. Written in Gibran unmistakable lyric style, it blends the wisdom of the East and the philosophical longing of the West, and stands as one of the most beloved spiritual texts of the twentieth century.