The Prophet

<p>Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece The Prophet is one of the most beloved classics of our time. </p><p><br></p><p>Published in 1923 it has been translated into more than twenty languages and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies. </p><p><br></p><p>The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical spiritual and above all inspirational. </p><p><br></p><p>Gibran's musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics as love marriage children giving eating and drinking work joy and sorrow housing clothes buying and selling crime and punishment laws freedom reason and passion pain self-knowledge teaching friendship talking time good and evil prayer pleasure beauty religion and death.</p>