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The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

1915 · Short stories

Open Library OL15176533W

Gregor Samsa wakes as an insect and worries first about missing the train. The household’s patience, and then its accounting, are the rest of the story. The link is to a public-domain English translation.

About the author

Kafka’s The Metamorphosis turns a traveling salesman into an insect and then watches the household reorganize around that fact. This catalog links a public-domain English translation, not a later one. More of this shelf for Franz Kafka.

Where to read it

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