How long does it take to read The Garden of the Prophet?
The Garden of the Prophet by Kahlil Gibran takes about 1 hour 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 13 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1923. 66 pages, about 18,150 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 41 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
1935 first edition, by William Heinemann Ltd. Printed in Great Britain. This book includes 7 illustrations and 2 page facsimile writings by Kahlil Gibran page 26 last verse: "Call nothing ugly, my friend, save the fear of a soul in the presence of it's own memories" page 32-33 facsimile writings
Subjects: Mysticism, Poetry, American Prose poems, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Mysticism, poetry
