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An edition of Metamorphosis (1915)

The metamorphosis

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A novel about a man who finds himself transformed into a huge insect, and the effects of this change upon his life.

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W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
218

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Fantasy fiction Children's fiction Lectures et morceaux choisis Fantastique Nouvelles Métamorphose Romans Famille Metamorphosis Die Verwandlung an interpretation Kikuyu (African people) Native races Afforestation Indigenous peoples Readers Textbooks for foreign speakers Fiction German fiction Texts Social problems English German language Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author) Fiction, psychological Alienación (Psicología social) Alienation (Social psychology) Criticism and interpretation Crítica e interpretación Familia Family Ficción Insectos Insects Sales personnel Vendedores Translations into English Families Fiction, short stories (single author) Kafka, franz, 1883-1924 Korean Dictionaries English language Psychological fiction German Trials Spanish French Chinese Fiction, general FICTION / Classics LITERARY CRITICISM / General FICTION / Literary German language, readers Classic Literature Nouvelles fantastiques Germanic literature Fiction, science fiction, general Alienation (Psychology) Fiction, historical, general Verwandlung (Kafka, Franz) Allemand (Langue) Textes Manuels pour anglophones Problèmes sociaux Romans, nouvelles Austrian Short stories Fiction In Translation Kafka, franz , 1883-1924 Criticism and interpretationkafka, franz , 1883-1924 Metamorphosis--fiction Alienation (social psychology)--fiction Working class families Working class families--fiction German fiction--20th century

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Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Gregor Samsa (Fictitious character)

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1912

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A Metamorfose
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Dec 29, 1997, Bookking International -Classiques Francais
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La Métamorphose : Description d'un combat
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La métamorphose
1986, Nathan
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The Metamorphosis
February 1, 1972, Bantam Classics
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La métamorphose
1955, Gallimard
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218).

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A Norton critical edition

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Dewey Decimal Class
833/.912
Library of Congress
PT2621.A26 V42613 1996, PT2621.A26V42613

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 218 p. ;
Number of pages
218

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23276019M
Internet Archive
metamorphosistra0000kafk
ISBN 10
0393967972
LCCN
95020582
OCLC/WorldCat
33079796
Wikidata
Q18916287
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5473
Goodreads
7721

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Work ID
OL498556W

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Work Description

Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. "monstrous vermin") and subsequently struggles to adjust to this new condition. The novella has been widely discussed among literary critics, with differing interpretations being offered. In popular culture and adaptations of the novella, the insect is commonly depicted as a cockroach.

With a length of about 70 printed pages over three chapters, it is the longest of the stories Kafka considered complete and published during his lifetime. The text was first published in 1915 in the October issue of the journal Die weißen Blätter under the editorship of René Schickele. The first edition in book form appeared in December 1915 in the series Der jüngste Tag, edited by Kurt Wolff.

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