Gibran Broken wings

Khalil Gibran's 'Broken Wings' is a poetic novel of tragic love, set in turn-of-the-century Beirut. Selma Karamy is betrothed to a prominent religious man's nephew but meets a young man and they fall in love. They begin to meet in secret, are discovered, and Selma is forbidden to leave her house. 'Broken Wings' highlights the social issues of the time in the Eastern Mediterranean, including religious corruption, the rights of women and of wealth and happiness