The Prophet (version 3)


Read by Adam Santoni

(4.7 stars; 38 reviews)

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.


(5 stars)

The speaker adds more meaning to the already rich sentences of The Prophet. God bless.

Awsome


(5 stars)

I was so impressed that I printed every page...took alot of ink!


(5 stars)

reads like a book of poetry the reader captures this perfectly

The best narrator


(5 stars)

Best voice, clear and engaging.