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The Alchemist Book Summary and Review

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Paulo Coelho’s "The Alchemist", in the “magical realism” category is dazzling, inspiring and powerful. Read our book summary and review!

The Alchemist Book Summary Book Summary: The Alchemist (10th grade) Order your copy today. Or download the audiobook! Full Book Summary This is our complete alchemist book summary and review of Paulo Coelho’s classic novel. Here’s something most summaries skip right over: Coelho wrote the entire original Portuguese version in just two weeks in 1987. He said the story was “already written in my soul.” The first publisher sold so few copies they returned the rights to him. He didn’t quit. He knocked on doors until someone else picked it up. Today the book has sold o

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