I denne legendariske lydbok-versjonen av "Prosessen" kan du i tillegg til Per Frischs innlesning, høre Leif Ove Andsnes spille "Janacek" på klaver live i lydbok-studioet. Franz Kafkas "Prosessen" er en av verdens mest berømte bøker, og ble i 1991 kåret til århundrets bok av Den norske bokklubbene. Boken er en ufullendt, surrealistisk roman, og regnes som Kafkas hovedverk. Romanen handler om «Josef K.», som vekkes av politiet en morgen og arresteres uten å få opplyst hva han siktes for. I romanen følges hovedpersonens vei gjennom et absurd og labyrintisk rettssystem. Den har gitt navn til begrepet Kafka-prosess, en betegnelse på en umulig kamp mot et ugjennomsiktig byråkratisk system.

Prosessen

"Av alt hva jeg har skrevet, duger bare bøkene Dommen, Fyrbøteren, Forvandlingen, I straffekolonien, En landsens lege og fortellingen En sultekunstner." (Franz Kafka i brev til Max Brod). "Disse fortellingene - det eneste av Kafkas forfatterskap som fant nåde for hans egne øyne - er blant de som her er samlet i norsk oversettelse. Enhver leser og enhver tidsalder vil tolke Kafkas verker på sin egen måte. For de er mektige, arketypiske temaer, som ved en gåtefull dikterisk prosess er blitt transformert til realistiske hverdagsskildringer som alle tidsaldre kan finne seg selv i. - Waldemar Brøgger

Kafkas fortellinger

Forvandlingen

Prosessen er et genialt dikterverk, en besettende lignelse om menneskets evige angst og sjelekamper, dets forsvar og anklage foran en uhåndgripelig domstol og en uavvendelig dom. Josef K., hovedpersonen i romanen, blir arrestert tidlig en morgen. Han får ikke vite hva galt han har gjort. Innbitt men forgjeves arbeider han på sin frifinnelse. Spørsmålet er om han kanskje ikke er så uskyldig likevel ...

"The Metamorphosis" is a novella by Franz Kafka first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, "The Metamorphosis" tells the story of a salesman named Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect and struggles to adjust to this condition. This groundbreaking and cutting-edge masterpiece has been widely discussed among literary critics, who have offered varied interpretations. This exposition of modern alienation is now available for a new generation to enjoy and discuss.

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafkas "Prosessen" er en av verdens mest berømte bøker, og ble i 1991 kåret til århundrets bok av Den norske bokklubbene. Boken er en ufullendt, surrealistisk roman, og regnes som Kafkas hovedverk. Romanen handler om «Josef K.», som vekkes av politiet en morgen og arresteres uten å få opplyst hva han siktes for. I romanen følges hovedpersonens vei gjennom et absurd og labyrintisk rettssystem. Den har gitt navn til begrepet Kafka-prosess, en betegnelse på en umulig kamp mot et ugjennomsiktig byråkratisk system.

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If Max Brod had obeyed Franz Kafka's dying request, Kafka's unpublished manuscripts would have been burned, unread. Fortunately, Brod ignored his friend's wishes and published The Trial, which became the author's most famous work. Now Kafka's enigmatic novel regains its humor and stylistic elegance in a new translation based on the restored original manuscript. Thirty-year-old Josef K., a financial officer in a European city bank, is suddenly arrested. He is subjected to hearings, questioning, and visits from officials. Defending his innocence against charges that are never explained to him, he watches his life dissolve into absurdity. Whether read as an existential tale or a parable, this haunting story stands out as one of the great novels of our time. Breon Mitchell, a professor of Germanic Studies and Comparative Literature at Indiana University, has received national awards for his literary translations. The renewed energy and power of this classic work are complemented by veteran narrator George Guidall's superb performance. Publisher's note, translator's preface, and fragments are included on the final tape.

The Trial

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) war ein deutschsprachiger Schriftsteller. Sein Hauptwerk bilden neben drei Romanfragmenten - Der Process, Das Schloss und Der Verschollene - zahlreiche Erzählungen. Kafkas Werke wurden zum größeren Teil erst nach seinem Tod und gegen seine letztwillige Verfügung von Max Brod veröffentlicht, einem engen Freund und Vertrauten, den Kafka als Nachlassverwalter bestimmt hatte. Kafkas Werke werden zum Kanon der Weltliteratur gezählt. Für die Beschreibung seiner ungewöhnlichen Art der Schilderung hat sich ein eigenes Wort entwickelt: „kafkaesk“. Diese neue überarbeitete Ausgabe, erschienen bei l'Aleph, beinhaltet erstmals das literarische Gesamtwerk Kafka's in einem Band in elektronischer Form als Qualitäts E-book, ausgestattet mit einem eingebetteten detaillierten logischen Inhaltsverzeichnis , sowie entsprechenden Suchfunktionen und Hyper-Verlinkungen wichtiger Fragmente. Die Ganzheitlichkeit kombiniert mit den technischen Möglichkeiten, zeichnet diese Ausgabe für den Leser besonders aus.

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"Existentialism: Philosophical and Literary Works" is a compelling anthology that delves into the realm of existentialist thought, exploring the profound philosophical and literary works that have shaped this influential movement. From the psychological depths of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground" to the existential dilemmas of Søren Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling," and the introspective reflections of Friedrich Nietzsche's "Ecce Homo," this collection encompasses a wide range of existentialist voices. Through thought-provoking narratives and philosophical musings, the selected works explore fundamental existential themes such as individuality, freedom, authenticity, despair, and the search for meaning in an uncertain world. Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" takes readers on a surreal journey through the absurdity of existence.Spanning across different literary styles and historical periods, these works offer readers an immersive experience into the complexities of existentialism. They challenge conventional norms, question the nature of reality, and invite readers to grapple with existential questions that lie at the core of human existence. "Existentialism: Philosophical and Literary Works" serves as a valuable resource for students, scholars, and enthusiasts seeking a comprehensive understanding of existentialist philosophy and its interplay with literature. It provides a nuanced exploration of existentialism's key ideas through diverse voices, encouraging readers to engage with the philosophical and existential dilemmas that shape our understanding of self, society, and the human condition. Contents: Fyodor Dostoevsky. Notes from Underground Soren Kierkegaard. Fear and Trembling Soren Kierkegaard. Philosophical Fragments Soren Kierkegaard. Sickness Unto Death Friedrich Nietzsche. Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is Rainer Maria Rilke. Poems Franz Kafka. The Metamorphosis

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Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of FranzKafkawhich areThe MetamorphosisandThe Trial. Author Franz Kafka explored the human struggle for understanding and security in his novels such as Amerika, The Trial and The Castle. Novels selected for this book: -The Metamorphosis -The Trial This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

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The Trial is one of the great works of the twentieth century: an extraordinary vision of one man put on trial by an anonymous authority on an unspecified charge. Josef K, 30, lives in a large town in an unspecified country. He is summonsed to answer a charge and appears in the court room for his trial. Franz Kafka evokes all the reality of trial without any of the specifics in a society that seems to have degraded into chaos: squalid environment, rats, yellow liquid shooting out of a hole in the wall. Guards, claustrophobia, anxiety – this is a gripping story and an allegory of modern life. This text remains just as relevant a century after it was written.

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One morning, Gregor Samsa awoke to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. So begins The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka's iconic novella and one of the most influential works of 20th-century literature. As Gregor faces alienation from his family and society, Kafka constructs a haunting allegory of identity, alienation, and the crushing weight of expectation. Both tragic and darkly humorous, The Metamorphosis explores the absurdity of existence and the human condition with piercing clarity, making it essential reading for lovers of existential fiction, psychological depth, and surreal storytelling. 📘 This Edition Features: ✔ Unabridged and professionally formatted text ✔ Kindle-optimized layout with interactive table of contents ✔ Ideal for fans of modernist fiction, speculative literature, and psychological allegories 💬 What Readers Say: "Kafka's vision is terrifyingly real." "A powerful reflection on being seen—and unseen." "Disturbing, brilliant, unforgettable." 📥 Download The Metamorphosis today and experience the existential classic that defined an era.

Franz Kafka skrev Brevet til faren i 1919, men sendte det aldri til adressaten. Kanskje var det ment for morens øyne snarere enn farens. Det var forfatterens venn, forfatteren Max Brod, som til sist fikk verket utgitt, mange år etter aktørenes og slektningenes død.

Brevet til faren

Andet bind af Franz Kafkas samlede fortællinger rummer de fortællinger, Kafka efterlod. Heriblandt en lang række mindre fortællinger og skitser, der ikke tidligere har været oversat til dansk, og som kaster nyt lys over forfatterskabet.

Efterladte fortællinger

Første bind af Franz Kafkas samlede fortællinger. Bogen rummer de fortællinger, Kafka selv nåede at udgive, heriblandt Dommen, Forvandlingen og I straffekolonien.

Fortællinger

I Franz Kafkas ikoniske historie "Forvandlingen" eller "Metamorfosen" opdager Gregor Samsa en morgen, at han i nattens løb er blevet forvandlet til et gigantisk insekt. Da han ikke længere formår at skjule forvandlingen for sin familie, oplever han deres foragt og misbilligelse – særligt over, at han ikke længere er i stand til at passe sit arbejde og dermed skaffe penge til familien. "Forvandlingen" er en sorthumoristisk og absurd historie, men også en sørgelig allegori om fremmedgørelse, ensomhed og udstødelse. Franz Kafka (1883-1924) var en tysktalende, jødisk forfatter, der i dag anses som en af det 20. århundredes vigtigste. Hans værker fusionerer ofte fantasi og realisme til absurde virkeligheder, gennemsyret af ensomhed, desperation og undertrykkelse af individet. Hans tanker har i eftertiden haft stor indflydelse på vigtige forfattere, filosoffer og kunstnere – herunder George Orwell og Jean-Paul Sartre.

Landmåleren K ankommer en sen aften til en landsby, hidkaldt for at arbejde på slottet. Men han opnår aldrig at få kontakt med de myndigheder på slottet, der angiveligt har tilkaldt ham. Slottet er den ene af de tre udfuldente romaner, Kafka nåede at skrive. Han arbejdede på den fra 1912 og frem til sin død i 1924. Den står som et af det 20. århundredes hovedværker. Romanen foreligger her i en nyoversættelse ved Villy Sørensen (fra 2001).

Slottet

On his deathbed, Franz Kafka asked that all his unpublished manuscripts be burned. Fortunately, his request was ignored, allowing such works as The Trial to earn recognition among the literary masterpieces of the 20th century. This brilliant translation of The Castle captures comedic elements and visual imagery that earlier interpretations missed. A traveler known only as K. is promised a job as Land-Surveyor by officials of the Castle. But when K. arrives in town to claim his position, he learns that owing to a clerical error, his services aren’t needed after all. Seeking an explanation, K. endures increasingly frustrating setbacks as he strives in vain to simply make contact with someone—anyone—from the Castle. Saturated with absurdist humor, this haunting novel has fascinated and puzzled readers throughout the world. Some critics praise it as the century’s great religious parable, while others interpret it as indisputably antireligious.

The Castle

Amerika, by Franz Kafka, is an unfinished work that explores themes of alienation, bureaucracy, and the search for identity in an impersonal and oppressive world. The narrative follows the story of Karl Rossmann, a young man sent to the United States after a sexual scandal, with the promise of starting a new life. Throughout his journey, Karl faces a series of situations that symbolize the dehumanization of modern societies, often being oppressed by forces he barely understands. Kafka builds a world where institutions are labyrinthine, and characters seem to be at the mercy of impersonal and arbitrary structures. The America depicted by Kafka is both a symbol of the promise of freedom and new opportunities, and a place of constant isolation and disorientation. Karl is repeatedly manipulated and controlled by figures of authority, highlighting the contrast between the expectations of a land of opportunity and the reality of an oppressive system. Since its posthumous publication, Amerika has been recognized for its unique take on the American Dream and the complexities of exile. The work reflects Kafka's anxieties about modernity, industrialization, and cultural displacement. Although unfinished, Kafka's narrative offers a sharp critique of society and remains relevant by addressing existential and institutional issues that continue to resonate in the contemporary world.

AMERIKA: The Man Who Disappeared

"The Trial" is a novel written by Franz Kafka between 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously in 1925. The basic argument of the novel is the concept of justice (understood as constituted power).In fact, in this work, a group of various characters passively accept the inevitability of justice, its self-referential and unfathomable logic. However, the one who rebels, with his rationality and mental lucidity, is the protagonist Joseph K., accused and tried for mysterious reasons.

Content : Unhappiness The Judgment Before the Law The Metamorphosis A Report to an Academy Jackals and Arabs A Country Doctor In the Penal Colony A Hunger Artist The Trial The Castle Amerika A Little Fable The Great Wall of China The Hunter Gracchus The Burrow

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ISFPs are introverted, but once the initial barrier is overcome, they are affectionate and fun; the typical ISFP wants to live life to the fullest! In this book you will find seven short stories specially selected to please the tastes of the ISFP. These are stories by renowned authors that will surely bring reflections, insights and fun to people with this kind of personality. This book contains: - The Last Leaf by O. Henry. - A Work of Art by Anton Chekhov. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. - The Upturned Face by Stephen Crane. - The Unknown Masterpiece by Honoré De Balzac. - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka. - Rashomon by Rynosuke Akutagawa.For more books that will suit you, be sure to check out our Two Classic Novels your Myers-Briggs Type Will Love collection! *** Cover image: Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), last Queen of France and ISFP.

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"In the Penal Colony" ("In der Strafkolonie") (also translated as "In the Penal Settlement") is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919. The story is set in an unnamed penal colony. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator in this story seems detached from, or perhaps numbed by, events that one would normally expect to be registered with horror. "In the Penal Colony" describes the last use of an elaborate torture and execution device that carves the sentence of the condemned prisoner on his skin before letting him die, all in the course of twelve hours. As the plot unfolds, the reader learns more and more about the machine, including its origin and original justification.

In the Penal Colony

The Trial (German: Der Process) is a novel by Franz Kafka about a character named Josef K., who awakens one morning and, for reasons never revealed, is arrested and prosecuted for an unspecified crime. According to Kafka's friend Max Brod, the author never finished the novel and wrote in his will that it was to be destroyed. After his death, Brod went against Kafka's wishes and edited The Trial into what he felt was a coherent novel.

The trial

Gregor Samsa is a travelling salesman who wakes up one morning to realize that he been transformed from a human being to a "monstrous vermin". He reflects back on his life, his work, his relationship with his family and his employer, and he realizes that each relationship he has been a part of has been fake. He feels responsible for his family but he does not receive any gratitude from them. The alienation is unbearable and irreversible. His life will either have to change drastically or he will stay victim of his own existential anxiety. "The Metamorphosis" is a novel about the constant battle between the society’s evil powers and every person’s will to fight back. B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere. Franz Kafka was a Czech-Austrian author who lived in the period 1883-1924. His literary legacy consists of many short stories and novels. His style is characterized by a fusion between realism, fiction and fantastic elements. The surrealistic moments in his works are used to interpret themes like existential anxiety and guilt – topics that were often discussed during his time. He depicted the problems of his time in an unusual way, which in turn made him one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Some of his best known works are "The Metamorphosis", "The Trial" and "The Castle"; they are however but a small part of Kafka’s large literary legacy.

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Classics of Existentialism Volume I proudly presents: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. The best of the existentialist artists, bar none.

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​in the end of book include a bonus link to the free audiobook. The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German ungeheures Ungeziefer, literally "monstrous vermin"), subsequently struggling to adjust to this new condition. The novella has been widely discussed among literary critics, with differing interpretations being offered.

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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Audiobook (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. Plot Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a "monstrous vermin". He initially considers the transformation to be temporary and slowly ponders the consequences of this metamorphosis. Stuck on his back and unable to get up and leave the bed, Gregor reflects on his job as a traveling salesman and cloth merchant, which he characterizes as being full of "temporary and constantly changing human relationships, which never come from the heart". He sees his employer as a despot and would quickly quit his job if he were not his family's sole breadwinner and working off his bankrupt father's debts. While trying to move, Gregor finds that his office manager, the chief clerk, has shown up to check on him, indignant about Gregor's unexcused absence. Gregor attempts to communicate with both the manager and his family, but all they can hear from behind the door is incomprehensible vocalizations. Gregor laboriously drags himself across the floor and opens the door. The clerk, upon seeing the transformed Gregor, flees the apartment. Gregor's family is horrified, and his father drives him back into his room, injuring his side by shoving him when he gets stuck in the doorway. With Gregor's unexpected transformation, his family is deprived of financial stability. They keep Gregor locked in his room, and he begins to accept his new identity and adapt to his new body. His sister Grete is the only one willing to bring him food, which they find Gregor only likes if it is rotten. He spends much of his time crawling around on the floor, walls, and ceiling and, upon discovering Gregor's new pastime, Grete decides to remove his furniture to give him more space.

The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a "monstrous vermin".

The Collected Works include the most important novellas and short stories of Franz Kafka. Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 - 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian Jewish novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work, which fuses elements of realism and the fantastic, typically features isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers, and has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity. His best known works include Die Verwandlung ( The Metamorphosis), Der Process ( The Trial), and Das Schloss ( The Castle). The term Kafkaesque has entered the English language to describe situations like those found in his writing. Included in this collection: 1. The Metamorphosis (1915) 2. A Report for an Academy (1917) 3. Up in the Gallery (1919) 4. Before the Law (1919) 5. In the Penal Colony (1919) 6. A Hunger Artist (1922)

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The Metamorphosis, first published in 1915, is the story of Gregor Samsa, a young traveling salesman who lives with his family and financially supports his parents and younger sister. One morning he awakes to discover that during the night he has been transformed into a horrible bug. Although somewhat of a horror genre, the story is often very funny as Gregor, his family, and those around him deal with their own transformations as a result of this odd predicament.

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The Castle (German: Das Schloss German pronun­cia­tion: Das Schloß is a 1926 novel by Franz Kafka. In it a protagonist known only as K. arrives in a village and struggles to gain access to the mysterious authorities who govern it from a castle. Kafka died before finishing the work, but suggested it would end with K. dying in the village, the castle notifying him on his death bed that his "legal claim to live in the village was not valid, yet, taking certain auxiliary circumstances into account, he was permitted to live and work there". Dark and at times surreal, The Castle is often understood to be about alienation, unresponsive bureaucracy, the frustration of trying to conduct business with non-transparent, seemingly arbitrary controlling systems, and the futile pursuit of an unobtainable goal.

The Metamorphosis is a story, about a man who wakes up transformed into a bug and the repercussions it has on his life and the people around him. What does it all mean? It is most probably an autobiography of how Kafka himself experienced early life living with his parents. Kafka describes how he endured his mother and father's financial and emotional exploitation's, to the point of detaching from them and thereby ceasing to be their son (the real metamorphosis). Gregor’s metamorphosis is that of Kafka’s being an obedient son, subserviently paying for his parents’ narcissistic needs with his own life, into being a disobedient one—as if he had become a ‘piece of vermin’. Gregor’s parents possessed a large sum of money which symbolizes the needlessness of Gregor’s exploitation. Thus the parents did not love him for who he was, but for his loyal willingness to undergo this exploitation. Reduced to vermin, Gregor can no longer financially benefit his parents. It is the parents that caused Gregor’s/Kafka’s metamorphosis. The debt Gregor intended to repay his parents symbolizes the emotional debt many adult children continue to feel towards their elderly parents for the love and care they provided.

A land-surveyor, known only as K., arrives at a small village permanently covered in snow and dominated by a castle to which access seems permanently denied. K.’s attempts to discover why he has been called constantly run up against the peasant villagers, who are in thrall to the absurd bureaucracy that keeps the castle shut, and the rigid hierarchy of power among the self-serving bureaucrats themselves. But in this strange wilderness, there is passion, tenderness and considerable humour. Darkly bizarre, this complex book was the last novel by one of the 20th century’s greatest and most influential writers.

This is another volume of the successful Best Short Stories Collection, a selection of masterpieces by authors from various nationalities and with very diverse themes, but sharing an enormous and possibly the most important literary quality: providing pleasure to the reader. In this e-book, you will have access to the Best Foreign Short Stories, a selection of memorable tales written by great masters of international literature such as James Joyce, Julio Cortázar, Borges, Horacio Quiroga, Edgar Allan Poe, and others. It is a unique and unmissable work!

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New translation of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Poor Gregor Samsa! This guy wakes up one morning to discover that he's become a "monstrous vermin". The first pages of The Metamorphosis where Gregor tries to communicate through the bedroom door with his family, who think he's merely being lazy, is vintage screwball comedy. Indeed, scholars and readers alike have delighted in Kafka's gallows humor and matter-of-fact handling of the absurd and the terrifying. But it is one of the most enigmatic stories of all time, with an opening sentence that's unparalleled in all of literature.

Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find he has been transformed into a gigantic insect. This extraordinary tale of imagination was written by Kafka against the backdrop of increasing turmoil in central Europe and remains not just an affecting tale but a disturbing allegory. It is read here, in a new translation, by master story teller Martin Jarvis.

Metamorphosis

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work. 1. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) 2. The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri) 3. Meditations (Marcus Aurelius) 4. Emma (Jane Austen) 5. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) 6. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum) 7. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) 8. Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) 9. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë) 10. Don Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes) 11. The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie) 12. The Richest Man in Babylon (George S. Clason) 13. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) 14. Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) 15. A Tale Of Two Cities (Charles Dickens) 16. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) 17. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas) 18. Middlemarch (George Eliot) 19. The Innocence of Father Brown (G. K. Chesterton) 20. The Border Legion (Zane Grey) 21. The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne) 22. Think And Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill) 23. The Odyssey (Homer) 24. The Iliad (Homer) 25. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Victor Hugo) 26. Les Misérables (Victor Hugo) 27. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) 28. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving) 29. The Turn of the Screw (Henry James) 30. The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka) 31. The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling) 32. The Call Of The Wild (Jack London) 33. Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) 34. War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy) 35. At the Mountains of Madness (H.P Lovecraft) 36. The Call of Cthulhu (H.P Lovecraft) 37. Anne of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery) 38. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind (Joseph Murphy) 39. Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) 40. The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe) 41. Swann's Way (Marcel Proust) 42. The Federalist Papers (Publius) 43. Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) 44. Dracula (Bram Stoker) 45. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark twain) 46. The Art of War (Sun Tzu) 47. Tao Te Ching (Lao Tzu) 48. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Lew Wallace) 49.The Science of Getting Rich (Wallace D. Wattles) 50. The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)

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A Hunger Artist is a short story by Franz Kafka.     The protagonist, a hunger artist who experiences the decline in appreciation of his craft, is an archetypical creation of Kafka: an individual marginalized and victimized by society at large. The title of the story has been translated also to "A Fasting Artist" and "A Starvation Artist".    A Hunger Artist explores the familiar Kafka themes of death, art, isolation, asceticism, spiritual poverty, futility, personal failure and the corruption of human relationships.    There is a sharp division among critical interpretations of "A Hunger Artist". Most commentators concur that the story is an allegory, but they disagree as to what is represented. Some critics, pointing to the hunger artist's asceticism, regard him as a saintly or even Christ-like figure. In support of this view they emphasize the unworldliness of the protagonist, the priest-like quality of the watchers, and the traditional religious significance of the forty-day period. Other critics insist that A Hunger Artist is an allegory of the misunderstood artist, whose vision of transcendence and artistic excellence is rejected or ignored by the public. This interpretation is sometimes joined with a reading of the story as autobiographical. According to this view, this story, written near the end of Kafka's life, links the hunger artist with the author as an alienated artist who is dying.    The moral of the story, says literature critic Maud Ellmann, is that it is not by food that we survive but by the gaze of others and "it is impossible to live by hunger unless we can be seen or represent doing so".

A Hunger Artist

This is a short story of Georg Bendemann and his relationship with his aging father. While Georg is telling his father of his friend in Russia his father goes into a rage, ridiculing and degrading his son. Then at the end of his rant he issues his final judgment – death by drowning.

The Judgement

The most famous of Franz Kafka's works, The Metamorphosis describes a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, who wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. This change in his condition does not surprise or shock his family, rather, they look on it as an impending burden. Subtexts include how society's perceptions of differences, the loneliness of isolation, and the absurdity of the human condition. The Metamorphosis 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.

Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is an allegorical 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 (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.

In The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka audiobook ("In der Strafkolonie") (also translated as "In the Penal Settlement") is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator in this story seems detached from, or perhaps numbed by, events that one would normally expect to be registered with horror. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence. Synopsis: The story focuses on the Traveler, who has just arrived in an island penal colony and is encountering its brutal execution machine for the first time. Everything about the functioning of the intricate machine and its purpose and history is told to him by the Officer. The Soldier and the Condemned, who is unaware that he has been sentenced to die for failing to get up and salute his superior's door each hour during his night watch, placidly watch from nearby. Under the judicial process associated with the machine, the accused is always assumed to be guilty and is not given a chance to defend himself. As punishment, the law the man has broken is inscribed progressively deeper on his body over a period of 12 hours as he slowly dies from his wounds. During their final six hours in the machine, the accused become still and appear to experience a religious epiphany. The machine was designed by the colony's previous Commandant, of whom the Officer is a devoted supporter. He carries its blueprints with him and is the only person who can decipher them, not allowing anyone else to handle them. Eventually, it becomes clear that the machine has fallen out of favor since the death of the previous Commandant and the appointment of a successor. The Officer is nostalgic regarding the torture device and the values that were initially associated with it, recalling the crowds that used to attend each execution. Now, he is the last outspoken proponent of the machine, but he strongly believes in its form of justice and the infallibility of the previous Commandant.

In The Penal Colony

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 Western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Samsa's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka never did give an explanation. The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repulsed by the horrible, verminous creature Gregor has become. Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was a German-language writer of novels and short stories, regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Kafka strongly influenced genres such as existentialism. Most of his works, such as "Die Verwandlung" ("The Metamorphosis"), Der Prozess (The Trial), and Das Schloss (The Castle), are filled with the themes and archetypes of alienation, physical and psychological brutality, parent–child conflict, characters on a terrifying quest, labyrinths of bureaucracy, and mystical transformations. Only a few of Kafka's works were published during his lifetime: the story collections Betrachtung (Contemplation) and Ein Landarzt (A Country Doctor), and individual stories (such as "Die Verwandlung") in literary magazines. He prepared the story collection Ein Hungerkünstler (A Hunger Artist) for print, but it was not published until after his death. Kafka's unfinished works, including his novels Der Prozess, Das Schloss and Amerika (also known as Der Verschollene, The Man Who Disappeared), were published posthumously, mostly by his friend Max Brod, who ignored Kafka's wish to have the manuscripts destroyed. Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre are among the writers influenced by Kafka's work; the term Kafkaesque has entered the English language to describe surreal situations like those in his writing.

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first opening, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing -- though absurdly comic -- meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W.H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man."

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

In Kafka's powerful and disturbing novel, an innocent man is arrested and repeatedly interrogated for a crime that is never ever explained. On the morning of his thirtieth birthday, a young bank official named Joseph K is arrested although he has done nothing wrong and is never told what he’s been charged with. The Trial is the chronicle of his fight to prove his innocence, of his struggles and encounters with the invisible Law and the untouchable Court where he must make regular visits. It is an account, ultimately, of state-induced self-destruction presenting in a nightmarish scenario the persecution of the outsider and the incomprehensible machinations of the state. Using the power of simple, straightforward language Kafka draws the reader into this bleak and frightening world so that we too experience the fears, uncertainties and tragedy of Joseph K.

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Imagine waking one morning to find yourself inexplicably transformed. In Franz Kafka's haunting novella, "The Metamorphosis," Gregor Samsa faces this unthinkable reality, becoming an ostracized creature in his own home. Witness his struggle to navigate this new existence, the shifting dynamics within his family, and the profound questions it raises about identity, alienation, and societal norms. More than just a fantastical tale, "The Metamorphosis" is a powerful exploration of the human condition. It delves into themes of isolation, acceptance, and the search for meaning in a seemingly absurd world. Kafka's unique blend of realism and surrealism will stay with you long after you turn the final page, prompting introspection and challenging your perception of the world. "A masterpiece of absurdist literature that continues to be relevant and thought-provoking." - The Guardian "Kafka's haunting tale stays with you, urging you to question your own sense of self and place in society." - Goodreads Reviewer Embrace the unsettling and embark on a transformative journey. Order your copy of "The Metamorphosis" today and experience the unforgettable power of Kafka's literary genius.

Discover the TikTok Sensation that Everyone is Talking About! Uncover the Spellbinding World of Kafka! Enter the captivating universe of Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis," a literary masterpiece that continues to mesmerize readers worldwide. Imagine waking up one morning to find yourself transformed into a giant insect—this is the extraordinary fate of Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman whose life is irrevocably altered in the blink of an eye. Engrossing Storyline Dive deep into Kafka's surreal narrative as you follow Gregor's bizarre transformation and its harrowing impact on his family and himself. This novella skillfully blends dark humor, profound sadness, and philosophical reflections, making it a compelling read that resonates on multiple levels. A Literary Classic Praised for its innovative storytelling and deep psychological insight, "The Metamorphosis" is a cornerstone of modern literature. Kafka's uncanny ability to depict the absurdity of human existence will leave you both spellbound and contemplative. Why Readers Love It: "A timeless piece that speaks volumes about the human condition." - Literary Journal"Kafka's genius lies in making the bizarre feel heartbreakingly real." - Book Reviewer"A must-read for anyone interested in existential literature." - Reading EnthusiastPerfect for: Fans of classic literatureReaders who enjoy psychological and philosophical themesThose intrigued by the surreal and the strangeJoin the Trend! "The Metamorphosis" is currently a sensation on TikTok, captivating a new generation of readers. See why book lovers on social media can't stop talking about Kafka's extraordinary tale. Grab Your Copy Today! Immerse yourself in one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. Order "The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka" now and experience the brilliance of Kafka's imagination.

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