First published in the 1920s, The Prophet is an inspirational, allegorical guide to living. The book is perhaps the most famous work of religious fiction of the Twentieth Century and has sold millions of copies in more than twenty languages.

Gibran's protagonist, called simply the Prophet, delivers spiritual yet practical homilies on a wide variety of topics central to daily life: love, marriage, and children; work and play; possessions, beauty, truth, joy and sorrow, death, and many more.