num_pages: 86
description: First published in the 1920s, this book attempts to provide the reader with a guide to living. Gibran lets his protagonist, called simply the prophet, deliver homilies on a variety of topics central to daily love marriage and children, work and play, possessions, beauty, truth, joy and sorrow and death.
language: English
title: The Prophet
titlecomplete: The Prophet
characters: Al Mitra, Al Mustafa
genres: Fiction, Religion, Poetry, Philosophy, Inspirational, Spirituality, Literature, Classics, Self Help, Novels
ratings_count: 289117
places: Orphalese
publisher: William Heinemann Ltd