The Prophet: The Spiritual Classic

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The Prophet: The Spiritual Classic

Kahlil Gibran,Tom Butler-Bowdon

Description

EXPLORE THE MYSTERY OF LIFE THROUGH TIMELESS SPIRITUAL LESSONS

Since its original publication in 1923, The Prophet has been embraced as one of the most famous and inspirational works of spiritual prose. Consisting of 26 poetry fables, The Prophet follows the story of Almustafa, and shares with us the timeless lessons on numerous subjects, including giving, beauty, friendship, buying, selling and much more.

For decades, the messages author Kahlil Gibran shares in The Prophet have resonated with people throughout the globe. This deluxe edition features an additional Introduction from the series editor Tom Butler-Bowdon, explaining why the book remains popular all these years later.

Human life is a mystery. In The Prophet, Gibran sheds light on it. Read it once and you’ll immediately understand why people all over the world have embraced it for nearly a century.

About the Author

Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese essayist, novelist, poet, and artist. He was born in Lebanon in 1883, but moved to America with his mother and four siblings in 1895, where he enrolled in art classes in Boston. After spending two years studying art in Paris, Gibran’s artistic and literary career began. The Prophet published in 1923 achieved worldwide fame, and has never been out of print since.

Tom Butler-Bowdon is series editor for the Capstone Classics series. He has written Introductions for Capstone editions of Plato’s The Republic, Machiavelli’s The Prince, Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, and Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich. Tom is the author of the 50 Classics series and is a graduate of the London School of Economics and the University of Sydney.

Series

Capstone Classics

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