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The Forerunner

Chapters (25)
  1. Prologue 0:00
  2. God’s Fool 2:04
  3. Love 6:52
  4. The King-Hermit 7:44
  5. The Lion’s Daughter 12:09
  6. Tyranny 15:11
  7. The Saint 15:44
  8. The Plutocrat 17:24
  9. The Greater Self 18:05
  10. War and the Small Nations 19:51
  11. Critics 20:50
  12. Poets 22:12
  13. The Weather-Cock 23:45
  14. The King of Aradus 24:06
  15. Out of My Deeper Heart 24:48
  16. Dynasties 26:04
  17. Knowledge and Half-Knowledge 28:51
  18. “Said a Sheet of Snow-White Paper …” 30:34
  19. The Scholar and the Poet 31:16
  20. Values 33:51
  21. Other Seas 34:51
  22. Repentance 35:20
  23. The Dying Man and the Vulture 35:45
  24. Beyond My Solitude 37:33
  25. The Last Watch 39:15
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Published in 1920, The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems is the second collection of philosophical poetry and short stories by Lebanese author Kahlil Gibran. A spiritual successor to The Madman, The Forerunner consists of 25 poems and parables relating to spirituality, love, our greater selves.

Narrator
Qwen3-TTS Aiden
Length
48 min
Language
English
Released
September 18, 2026
Source ebook
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