The Prophet (version 3)
Kahlil Gibran
Read by Adam Santoni
The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf. It is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over 108 different languages, making it one of the most translated books in history, and it has never been out of print. The prophet, Al Mustafa, has lived in the city of Orphalese for 12 years and is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses topics such as life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, 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. Summary by Wikipedia (1 hr 18 min)
Chapters
The Coming of the Ship | 6:56 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Love | 2:48 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Marriage | 1:23 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Children | 1:18 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Giving | 3:02 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Eating and Drinking | 1:48 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Work | 3:32 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Joy and Sorrow | 1:41 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Houses | 3:16 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Clothes | 1:18 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Buying and Selling | 1:48 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Crime and Punishment | 4:40 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Laws | 2:22 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Freedom | 2:42 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Reason and Passion | 2:17 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Pain | 1:20 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Self-Knowledge | 1:28 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Teaching | 1:22 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Friendship | 1:52 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Talking | 1:34 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Time | 1:29 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Good and Evil | 2:41 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Prayer | 2:17 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Pleasure | 3:16 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Beauty | 2:40 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Religion | 2:22 | Read by Adam Santoni |
On Death | 2:08 | Read by Adam Santoni |
The Farewell | 12:46 | Read by Adam Santoni |
Reviews
Speaker knows what he's saying.
Ripu Daman Pandey
The speaker adds more meaning to the already rich sentences of The Prophet. God bless.
Awsome
JIll
I was so impressed that I printed every page...took alot of ink!
Atlasmichael
reads like a book of poetry the reader captures this perfectly
The best narrator
A LibriVox Listener
Best voice, clear and engaging.