Summary of the Book
Kahlil Gibran’s best-known work, The Prophet, is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English.
Kahlil Gibran took more than 11 years to formulate and perfect this book. The Prophet represents the height of Gibran’s literary careers as he came to be noted as ‘the Bard of Washington Street’. The twelve illustrations in this volume are drawn by the author himself.
The Prophet is full of religious inspirations, and its fame has spread throughout the world having been translated into well over 40 languages. It is considered the most widely read book of the 20th century. The first edition of 1300 copies sold out within a month.
Captivating and vivified with feeling, the book is clearly a masterwork.