The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time and is called Kahlil Gibran s masterpiece. The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual and, above all, inspirational. Gibran's musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such diverse topics as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, 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.