The Prophet: A Reader's Guide

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (1923) — sage Almustafa answers townspeople on love, marriage, children, work, freedom, death before sailing home.

Form

Poetic prose chapters, quotable lines, spiritual without single doctrine.

Reception

Globally beloved, sometimes dismissed as greeting-card philosophy — better read as lyrical meditation.

Themes

Unity, pain as teacher, beauty in ordinary.

Read slowly — one chapter per mood.