Die Verwandlung

Name: Die Verwandlung
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Author: Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

Gregor wakes as a giant insect, yet still worries about work.

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Original language: GermanLevel: Advanced3,932 characters · ≈ 5 minSource: Project Gutenberg

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AlswhenGregorSamsaGregor SamsaeinesMorgensone morningausfromunruhigenTräumenuneasy dreamserwachtewokefandfounderhesichhimselfininseinemBetthis bedzuintoeinemungeheuerenUngeziefera monstrous insectverwandelttransformed

When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself in his bed turned into a huge insect.

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He lay on his hard, armor-like back and, when he raised his head a little, saw his arched, brown belly divided by curved stiffenings, on whose height the blanket, ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay.

SeinehisvielenmanyimVergleichzucompared withseinemsonstigenUmfanghis otherwise bulkkläglichdünnenpitifully thinBeinelegsflimmertenflickeredihmto himhilfloshelplesslyvordenAugenbefore his eyes

His many legs, pitifully thin compared to his other size, waved helplessly before his eyes.

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About the book

The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung) is a novella by Franz Kafka, published in 1915 and the longest of the stories he completed and published during his lifetime. It tells of traveling salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes to find himself transformed into a huge insect and struggles to adjust, as does his family. One of Kafka's best-known works, it has received varied interpretations from literary critics.

About the author

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language Jewish writer from Prague, widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. Only a minority of his works appeared during his lifetime, and his best-known works include The Metamorphosis, The Trial, and The Castle, published posthumously by his friend and literary executor Max Brod.

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