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The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka (1883-1924). Translated into the public domain by Ian Johnston (b. 1938).
The Metamorphosis (in German, Die Verwandlung, “The Transformation”) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915, and arguably the most famous of his works along with the longer works The Trial and The Castle. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a giant “monstrous vermin”.
(Summary from Wikipedia).
- kafka.org e-text
- Wikipedia - Franz Kafka
- Wikipedia - The Metamorphosis
- LibriVox’s The Metamorphosis Internet Archive page
- Zip file of the entire book - 74.1MB
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Total running time: 2:34:25
Read by David Barnes
mp3 and ogg files
- I - 00:49:52
[mp3@64kbps - 23.9MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 47.8MB]
[ogg vorbis - 26.6MB] - II - 00:53:51
[mp3@64kbps - 25.8MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 51.7MB]
[ogg vorbis - 29.3MB] - III - 00:50:42
[mp3@64kbps - 24.3MB]
[mp3@128kbps - 48.6MB]
[ogg vorbis - 27.6MB]
Cataloged on December 11, 2006









