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The prophet / by Kahlil Gibran.
LIBRA PS3513.I25 P7 1952c copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibran, Kahlil, 1883-1931.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prose poems, American.
- Mysticism--Poetry.
- Mysticism.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 96 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Knopf, [1951]
- Summary:
- Presents the Lebanese poet and philosopher's inspirational essays on love, marriage, work, joy, sorrow, freedom, pain, teaching, friendship and death.
- Contents:
- The Coming of the ship
- On love
- On marriage
- On children
- On giving
- On eating and drinking
- On work
- On joy and sorrow
- On houses
- On clothes
- On buying and selling
- On crime and punishment
- On laws
- On freedom
- On reason and passion
- On pain
- On self-knowledge
- On teaching
- On friendship
- On talking
- On time
- On good and evil
- On prayer
- On pleasure
- On beauty
- On religion
- On death
- The Farewell.
- Notes:
- "A Borzoi book."
- Originally published: New York : Knopf, ©1923.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 have dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Gibran, Kahlil, 1883-1931. Prophet.
- OCLC:
- 14514862
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