The Prophet (version 3): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Prophet (version 3) by Kahlil Gibran: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 28 original MP3 tracks, 1:18:06 running time and a link to listen.
The Prophet (version 3), credited to Kahlil Gibran, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Prophet (version 3) by Kahlil Gibran. Read in English 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.
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Prophet (version 3)
- Author credits: Kahlil Gibran
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 28
- Listed recording duration: 1:18:06
Catalogue topics
- spiritual
- historical
- poetic
- educational
- emotional
- insightful
- meaningful
Opening tracks: first 24 of 28
- 01 - The Coming of the Ship — 6:56
- 02 - On Love — 2:48
- 03 - On Marriage — 1:23
- 04 - On Children — 1:18
- 05 - On Giving — 3:02
- 06 - On Eating and Drinking — 1:48
- 07 - On Work — 3:32
- 08 - On Joy and Sorrow — 1:41
- 09 - On Houses — 3:16
- 10 - On Clothes — 1:18
- 11 - On Buying and Selling — 1:48
- 12 - On Crime and Punishment — 4:40
- 13 - On Laws — 2:22
- 14 - On Freedom — 2:42
- 15 - On Reason and Passion — 2:17
- 16 - On Pain — 1:20
- 17 - On Self-Knowledge — 1:28
- 18 - On Teaching — 1:22
- 19 - On Friendship — 1:52
- 20 - On Talking — 1:34
- 21 - On Time — 1:29
- 22 - On Good and Evil — 2:41
- 23 - On Prayer — 2:17
- 24 - On Pleasure — 3:16
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