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The Book of KhalidAmeen Fares Rihani

The Book of Khalid

by OpenStories

Original author: Ameen Fares Rihani

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"The Book of Khalid" by Ameen Rihani is a novel published in 1911. Following two Lebanese boys who immigrate to America, it traces their contrasting paths through New York's immigrant underworld and bohemian circles. Khalid abandons peddling for literature and politics, only to face imprisonment and return home. There, his heretical ideas and forbidden love spark conflict with religious authorities, leading to excommunication and exile. In mountain solitude, he transforms into a visionary voice bridging Eastern and Western worlds.

The Book of Khalid, by Ameen Fares Rihani. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #29257.

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37 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter188 words
  2. 2.Book THE THIRD: In Kulmakan1,124 words
  3. 3.Book THE FIRST: In the Exchange201 words
  4. 4.Chapter I: Probing the Trivial2,204 words
  5. 5.Chapter II: The City of Baal2,874 words
  6. 6.Chapter III: Via Dolorosa2,460 words
  7. 7.Chapter IV: On the Wharf of Enchantment3,127 words
  8. 8.Chapter V: The Cellar of the Soul3,304 words
  9. 9.Chapter VI: The Summer Afternoon of a Sham3,147 words
  10. 10.Chapter VII: In the Twilight of an Idea3,678 words
  11. 11.Chapter VIII: With the Huris2,741 words
  12. 12.Book THE SECOND: In the Temple341 words
  13. 13.Chapter I: The Dowry of Democracy4,293 words
  14. 14.Chapter II: Subtranscendental2,762 words
  15. 15.Chapter III: The False Dawn1,544 words
  16. 16.Chapter IV: The Last Star3,394 words
  17. 17.Chapter V: Priesto-Parental2,780 words
  18. 18.Chapter VI: Flounces and Ruffles3,331 words
  19. 19.Chapter VII: The Howdaj of Falsehood3,367 words
  1. 20.Chapter VIII: The Kaaba of Solitude2,804 words
  2. 21.Chapter IX: Signs of the Hermit2,359 words
  3. 22.Chapter X: The Vineyard in the Kaaba3,085 words
  4. 23.Book THE THIRD: In Kulmakan226 words
  5. 24.Chapter I: The Disentanglement of the Me3,296 words
  6. 25.Chapter II: The Voice of the Dawn1,879 words
  7. 26.Chapter III: The Self Ecstatic2,487 words
  8. 27.Chapter IV: On the Open Highway6,853 words
  9. 28.Chapter V: Union and Progress745 words
  10. 29.Letter I: (As numbered in the Original)495 words
  11. 30.Letter V396 words
  12. 31.Letter XXII258 words
  13. 32.Letter XXV1,460 words
  14. 33.Chapter VI: Revolutions Within and Without2,804 words
  15. 34.Chapter VII: A Dream of Empire3,274 words
  16. 35.Chapter VIII: Adumbrations3,460 words
  17. 36.Chapter IX: The Stoning and Flight2,033 words
  18. 37.Chapter X: The Desert4,344 words