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The Alchemist

Follow your dream, wherever it leads.
Reading guide
The Alchemist is a standalone book, so there is no order to follow. Start at the opening and read straight through; the author's new foreword in this edition can be read first or last.
Santiago, a shepherd boy in Andalusia, dreams of treasure buried near the Pyramids. He sells his flock and begins a journey from Spain to Egypt, meeting a series of guides who point him onward on his quest.

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A shepherd boy in Andalusia keeps dreaming of treasure buried near the Pyramids, and one day he sells his flock and sets out to find it. Santiago's road runs from the hills of southern Spain across the sea and into the Egyptian desert, and the people he meets along the way nudge him towards what Coelho calls his Personal Legend.

Told with the plainness of a parable, this is a small, hopeful book for anyone weighing up a dream they have been putting off. The 25th anniversary edition adds a new foreword by the author and illustrations throughout, and the publisher describes it as a lovely gift.

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