The Prophet (book)

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book philosophical poetry book poetry collection

The Prophet is a 1923 philosophical poetry book by Kahlil Gibran, consisting of poetic essays that explore themes such as love, freedom, and spirituality through the teachings of a fictional prophet.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical poetry book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Kahlil Gibran NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
followedBy The Garden of the Prophet NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre philosophical fiction ⓘ
prose poetry ⓘ
spiritual literature ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy Kahlil Gibran NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Christian mysticism ⓘ
Islamic mysticism ⓘ
Lebanese cultural background ⓘ
Sufi thought ⓘ
languageStyle biblical cadence ⓘ
literaryForm poetic essays ⓘ
mainCharacter Almustafa NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeForm teachings of a fictional prophet ⓘ
notableFor blend of spiritual and philosophical themes ⓘ
enduring global popularity ⓘ
numberOfChapters 26 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationYear 1923 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setting fictional city of Orphalese ⓘ
structure series of discourses in response to questions ⓘ
theme beauty ⓘ
buying and selling ⓘ
children ⓘ
clothes ⓘ
crime and punishment ⓘ
death ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
good and evil ⓘ
houses ⓘ
joy and sorrow ⓘ
laws ⓘ
love ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
pain ⓘ
pleasure ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
reason and passion ⓘ
religion ⓘ
self-knowledge ⓘ
talking ⓘ
teaching ⓘ
time ⓘ
work ⓘ

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The Prophet → basedOn → The Prophet (book) ⓘ
subject surface form: The Prophet (2014 film)
Jibran Khalil Jibran → notableWork → The Prophet (book) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Prophet
Jibran Khalil Jibran → wrote → The Prophet (book) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Prophet