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The Prophet (version 3)

Gelesen von Adam Santoni

(4,684 Sterne; 38 Bewertungen)

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

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On Love

2:48

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On Marriage

1:23

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On Children

1:18

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On Giving

3:02

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On Eating and Drinking

1:48

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On Work

3:32

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On Joy and Sorrow

1:41

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On Houses

3:16

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On Clothes

1:18

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On Buying and Selling

1:48

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On Crime and Punishment

4:40

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On Laws

2:22

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On Freedom

2:42

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On Reason and Passion

2:17

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On Pain

1:20

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On Self-Knowledge

1:28

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On Teaching

1:22

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On Friendship

1:52

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On Talking

1:34

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On Time

1:29

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On Good and Evil

2:41

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On Prayer

2:17

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On Pleasure

3:16

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On Beauty

2:40

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On Religion

2:22

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On Death

2:08

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The Farewell

12:46

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Bewertungen

Speaker knows what he's saying.

(5 Sterne)

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

Awsome

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

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reads like a book of poetry the reader captures this perfectly

The best narrator

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Best voice, clear and engaging.