Summary and Analysis of The Alchemist: Based on the Book by Paulo Coehlo
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About The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho:
A beloved international bestseller, The Alchemist has enchanted and inspired readers for generations.
Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd, is content to spend his days tending his sheep, but when he begins having recurring dreams about finding treasure at the base of the Egyptian pyramids, he understands that he must leave the comforts of home to follow his heart and live his destiny. Along the way, he meets many people who help him in his journey and he learns to interpret the omens that guide him on his path to self-discovery.
Combining mysticism, legends, dreams, history, and adventure, The Alchemist is much more than a story about a man’s search for treasure—it is a fable about destiny, finding one’s path in life, and pursuing it wholeheartedly.
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Summary and Analysis of The Alchemist - Worth Books
Contents
Context
Overview
Cast of Characters
Summary
Character Analysis
Themes and Symbols
Direct Quotes and Analysis
Trivia
What’s That Word?
Critical Response
About Paulo Coelho
For Your Information
Bibliography
Copyright
Context
Though it is now a record-breaking international bestseller, The Alchemist was not originally a commercial success. After a small print run of 900 copies in Brazil in 1988, the book went largely unnoticed. Confident his fable about following your dream,
would find an audience, author Paulo Coelho found a second publisher in Brazil who took a chance on reissuing the work. The momentum started to build when a French edition became a bestseller in the early 1990s.
In 1994, HarperSanFrancisco, a division of HarperCollins, was known for publishing books on spirituality, religion, wisdom, and personal growth. It was this editorial team that first published Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist in the United States—and the rest is literary history. There were other bestsellers that year that fell into the category of inspirational new age
fiction, such as The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield and Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan—none of which had the staying power The Alchemist had.
The book has been translated into 80 different languages, and has been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 300 weeks. More than 65 million copies of this extraordinary novel have been sold around the world.
Filled with spiritual and philosophical references, readers of all ages find solace and inspiration in the allegory’s message: Find your path in life and pursue it with all your heart.
Overview
The Alchemist is a classic hero’s journey: An Andalusian shepherd boy has a recurring dream