An edition of The Prophet (1900)

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An edition of The Prophet (1900)

The prophet

  • 4.22 ·
  • 41 Ratings
  • 221 Want to read
  • 17 Currently reading
  • 58 Have read

Reflections by the Lebanese-American poet, mystic, and painter on such subjects as love, marriage, joy and sorrow, crime and punishment, pain, and self-knowlege.

Publish Date
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
96

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Previews available in: Spanish English Yiddish

Edition Availability
Cover of: The Prophet
The Prophet
2019, Standard Ebooks
in English
Cover of: The prophet
The prophet
2007, Alfred A. Knopf
in English
Cover of: El Profeta
El Profeta
June 2002, Edimat Libros
Hardcover in Spanish
Cover of: The Prophet
The Prophet
February 2001, Oneworld Publications
Hardcover in English - Gift Ed edition
Cover of: El Profeta
El Profeta
September 2001, Andres Bello
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: El profeta
El profeta
1999, Vintage Books
in Spanish - 1a. ed.
Cover of: The Prophet
The Prophet
September 1991, Phoenix Press
Paperback in English - Lrg edition
Cover of: The Prophet
The Prophet
March 22, 1991, Arrow Books Ltd
Cover of: The prophet
The prophet
1961, A. A. Knopf
in English
Cover of: The prophet.
The prophet.
1946, Knopf
in English
Cover of: Der novi
Der novi
1929, Nyu-Yorḳ : Yaṭshḳoṿsḳi's biblioṭeḳ
in Yiddish
Cover of: The prophet
The prophet
1923, A. A. Knopf
in English

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New York

Table of Contents

The coming of the ship
On love
On marriage
On children
On giving
On eating and drinking
On work
On joy and sorrow
On houses
On clothes
On buying and selling
On crime and punishment
On laws
On freedom
On reason and passion
On pain
On self-knowledge
On teaching
On friendship
On talking
On time
On good and evil
On prayer
On pleasure
On beauty
On religion
On death
The farewell.

Edition Notes

"Illustrated with twelve full-page drawings by the author"--Cover.

Originally published: 1923.

"This is a Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.

Genre
Poetry.

The Physical Object

Pagination
vi, 96 p., [12] p. of plates :
Number of pages
96

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23120816M
ISBN 10
0394404289
ISBN 13
9780394404288
Library Thing
8505
Goodreads
394424

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June 29, 2014 Edited by HM Added new cover
August 19, 2010 Edited by IdentifierBot added LibraryThing ID
July 30, 2010 Edited by WorkBot merge works
April 24, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs.
February 18, 2009 Created by ImportBot Imported from San Francisco Public Library MARC record.