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The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung, also sometimes translated as The Transformation) is short story, sometimes regarded as a novella, by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in... Read Full Overview

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A masterful mix of horror and absurdity which tells the story of travelling salesman Samsa, who wakes up one day to find out he has turned into a giant insect. Kafka's novella has been adapted for film and television a number of times, most recently for radio when BBC's Radio... Read Full Overview

"One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armor-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections... Read Full Overview

The Metamorphosis' is a short novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. The story begins with a travelling salesman,... Read Full Overview

Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a large, monstrous insect-like creature... Read Full Overview

A traveling salesman awakens from troubled slumbers to find himself transformed into a giant insect. Franz Kafka's matter-of-fact tone brings an air of absolute truth to his fantastic narrative, which chronicles the effects of this monstrous conversion upon the protagonist's... Read Full Overview

The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung, also sometimes translated as The Transformation) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the... Read Full Overview

Writings by and about Kafka and textual notes accompany his translations of his early 20th-century work.

Rediscover a Literary Classic: "The Metamorphosis" and Its Timeless Themes One morning, Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, wakes up to discover that his body has transformed into a gigantic insect. This shocking metamorphosis sets the stage for one of the most famous and unsettling... Read Full Overview

Gregor Samsa wakes up as an insect, a metamorphosis that not only affects his exterior aspect, his outer shell, but also his interior, his thoughts and his attitude towards life. During this process he will ask himself questions such as Who are we? How do others see us? Can... Read Full Overview