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The Book of Khalid

The Book of Khalid

by Ameen Rihani

A Lebanese iconoclast emigrates to America and embarks on a quixotic quest for the truth.

Languages
English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1911
Latest release
Jul 28, 2026
Pages
324
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
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Table of Contents

  1. Al-Fatihah
  2. Book the First
  3. To Man
  4. I. Probing the Trivial
  5. The City of Baal
  6. III. Via Dolorosa
  7. IV. On the Wharf of Enchantment
  8. V. The Cellar of the Soul
  9. VI. The Summer Afternoon of a Sham
  10. In the Twilight of an Idea
  11. VIII. With the Houris
  12. Book the Second
  13. To Nature
  14. I. The Dowry of Democracy
  15. Subtranscendental Deficiencies
  16. III. The False Dawn
  17. The Last Star
  18. V. Priesto-Parental
  19. VI. Flounces and Ruffles
  20. VII. The Howdaj of Falsehood
  21. VIII. The Kaaba of Solitude
  22. IX. Signs of the Hermit
  23. The Vineyard in the Kaaba
  24. Book the Third
  25. To God
  26. I. The Disentanglement of the Me
  27. II. The Voice of the Dawn
  28. The Self Ecstatic
  29. IV. On the Open Highway
  30. V. Union and Progress
  31. VI. Revolutions Within and Without
  32. A Dream of Empire
  33. VIII. Adumbrations
  34. IX. The Stoning and Flight
  35. The Desert
  36. Al-Khatimah