He realized that she was not a true lover. In the journey, he falls in love with her and asks to marry him but she said that she marry him after his journey on finding the treasures. During the travel in Sahara desert, he met a woman named Fatima, who resides in Oasis. Personal Legend is nothing but Accomplish the work that you have always wanted.Īlong the way, he also meets the Englishman who is an alchemist and travels with him. Who tells to sell his sheep to travel for Egypt and explained about the Personal Legend. From there he decides to start the journey to reveal the secret.īy the way, he meets the king of Salem, Melchizedek. She tells that it was a prophetic dream and said that he should follow the instructions. He consulted old women – a future teller resides nearby his town to discover the meaning behind the reoccurring dream. One day while he was sleeping a reoccurring about the child who tells about the treasure in Egyptian pyramids. He was a shepherd boy who takes a care of sheep’s. The novel consists of the following charactersĬoming to the story Santiago plays a major role, he lives Andalusia ( an autonomous community in Spain). The Alchemist is a book of 163 pages with ISBN 0-06-250217-4 (first English edition, hardcover).