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Book/Printed Material Nymphs of the Valley.

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Title

  • Nymphs of the Valley.

Summary

  • ʻArā'is al-Murūj (Nymphs of the valley) is a collection of short stories by the celebrated Lebanese-American author and artist Gibran Khalil Gibran. Gibran was born in 1883 to a Maronite Catholic family in the village of Bsharri in the north of Lebanon. His family immigrated to the United States in 1895, where he began his formal schooling, studying English and art. He is best known in the West for his book The Prophet, which was completed in 1923 and subsequently translated into more than 40 languages. Gibran died in New York City in 1931; he was buried in Lebanon according to his wishes. The book consists of three stories: Ramād al-ajyāl wa al-nār al-khālida (The dust of ages and the eternal flame), Martā al-bāniya (Martha of Ban), and Yūḥanna al-majnūn (Yuhanna the mad). Nymphs of the Valley was translated into English by H.M. Nahmad in 1948, and it has been translated as well into Spanish, Persian, and other languages. The present copy is the second printing of the book, published by al-Hilāl in Cairo in 1922.

Names

  • Gibran, Kahlil, 1883-1931 Author.

Created / Published

  • Cairo : al-Hilāl, 1922.

Headings

  • -  Lebanon
  • -  United States of America
  • -  1922
  • -  Arabic literature

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 72 pages ; 20 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666265

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gibran, Kahlil, Author. Nymphs of the Valley. Cairo: al-Hilāl, 1922. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666265/.

APA citation style:

Gibran, K. (1922) Nymphs of the Valley. Cairo: al-Hilāl. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666265/.

MLA citation style:

Gibran, Kahlil, Author. Nymphs of the Valley. Cairo: al-Hilāl, 1922. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666265/>.