The Prophet (version 3)


Lu par Adam Santoni

(4.7 stars; 39 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)

Chapitres

The Coming of the Ship 6:56 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Love 2:48 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Marriage 1:23 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Children 1:18 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Giving 3:02 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Eating and Drinking 1:48 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Work 3:32 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Joy and Sorrow 1:41 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Houses 3:16 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Clothes 1:18 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Buying and Selling 1:48 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Crime and Punishment 4:40 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Laws 2:22 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Freedom 2:42 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Reason and Passion 2:17 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Pain 1:20 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Self-Knowledge 1:28 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Teaching 1:22 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Friendship 1:52 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Talking 1:34 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Time 1:29 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Good and Evil 2:41 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Prayer 2:17 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Pleasure 3:16 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Beauty 2:40 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Religion 2:22 Lu par Adam Santoni
On Death 2:08 Lu par Adam Santoni
The Farewell 12:46 Lu par Adam Santoni

Critiques

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.