Spirits Rebellious

Spirits Rebellious is a work of fiction at the center of which stands a young woman who finds herself married into wealth without the affection she longs for. Through her experience and those of the people around her, the book examines what it costs to marry for money or position rather than for love, and how a household can be richly furnished yet emotionally empty. This edition, a slim sixty-page volume, appears in English translation.

Kahlil Gibran, the Lebanese-born writer best known for The Prophet, wrote the work in Arabic early in his career. It reflects his enduring concern with social injustice, especially the place of women within marriage customs, and his call for inner freedom from conventions that bind the heart.

The book suits readers who enjoy reflective, lyrical fiction with a strong moral and social edge, and those curious about Gibran's early development as a writer.