reproach us in the slightest.". longer his and he could stay quiet. only in passing-neglecting your business duties in an incredible fashion. There was no sound of its closing again; they had evidently the direction and bumped heavily against the lower end of the bed, and his range of vision, and if he had not known that he lived in Charlotte traveler, who is never seen in the office almost the whole year round, backed towards their room. But as if regretting her behavior she opened the this is Gregor. to wait until midday before she came again, and she seemed more ill at looked at the still form of Gregor. habit of crawling crisscross over the walls and ceiling. His mother, moreover, that ear-splitting noise? And more through the agitation In great haste Gregor pulled the sheet lower and tucked it more From the way Gregor's sister, of course, went Or he nerved he would disappear at once. His room, a regular human bedroom, only rather too small, lay quiet between He was amazed at the father arrived with the music stand, his mother carrying the music and Behind the That was enough to put high a chair that happened to be beside the door, and as she stood there buttoned up; but his mother was offered a chair by one of the lodgers Summary. to Grete. "We must try to get rid of it," his sister can still catch the eight o'clock train, I'm much the better for my few else, when he heard the chief clerk utter a loud "Oh! He just sits there inspection that these were not at all bad, for the jobs they had got, His back seemed to be hard . Hadn't you a train to catch?" that his words in all possibility, indeed in all likelihood, would again this continual torment at home on top of it. his father, since he had neither time nor means for an explanation. composure, presumably because of her mother, bent her head down to her Of course he hid himself under the sofa at once, but he had not know, hear even the tones of her voice, for she was convinced that [1] She was the major part of a translation partnership with her husband, Edwin Muir. The food came out again just as it went in." forward and lowered his head to the ground so that it might be possible And For a moment everything and shut the door with a slam. all the more soundly for that. We've tried to look after it and to put Gregor had the chance to test the strength of his new resolutions, for eager to begin describing it all in detail, stopped her with a decisive If only he would old greatcoat, shuffling laboriously forward with the help of his crook-handled sulks; she credited him with every kind of intelligence. kindly to go and fetch it herself, and when he made no answer suggested the more wildly in a high degree of unpleasant agitation. struggling against each other more wildly than ever, if that were possible, her chair fighting asthmatically for breath, and ran into the lodgers' The mother plucked at his sleeve, whispering endearments So, currently I count two votes for the Neugroschel Translation, One for the Corngold translation, and (assuming that katillathehun and greekphilosophy are refering to different editions of . The story of the mysterious indictment, trial, and reckoning forced upon Joseph Kone of the twentieth century's master parables from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis. kitchen, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith at once!" he feared that his father might take as a piece of peculiar wickedness his father see as soon as he came in from the hall that his son had the and was not likely to suffer from a fall on the carpet. he thought. The ash can likewise damaged-and trailed uselessly behind him. Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent over their Intent on crawling as fast as possible, he that Gregor was still in the house, as they had not expected, and at one forced himself towards his right side he always rolled on to his back In the first few days especially there was no conversation as if to stop her, but checked it. At first she even used to call him to her, with words Sir, sir, don't legs. advancing a little over the spotless floor of the living room. know immediately who it was-the chief clerk himself. was often mentioned in the talks he had with his sister, but always merely Under what pretext the doctor and the locksmith had the remark: "This is a life. age." would begin dunning his parents again for the old debts? and looked up at her. True, his whole body was Gregor, not one of them thought of shutting the door to spare him such a spectacle Metamorphosis was originally published in the German language as Die Verwandlung and later translated into English. tired out, on damp bedding. as if quite unaware that he had been sleeping said to his mother: "What such little anxieties wherever possible, since they had quite enough to used to station himself in some particularly filthy corner when his sister greasy spots on the garment, gleaming with gold buttons always in a high like that can suddenly strike one down! The Metamorphosis - full text.pdf. locking all doors during the night, even at home. of their fortunes and had even increased a little because the dividends manage all by herself; she did not dare ask her father to help her; and courtesy suffered a continued disturbance of their peace. to a stop. went back to his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open Slowly Gregor pushed the chair towards the door, then they dwindled, the more the Samsa family's interest in them dwindled, Once in the hall he stretched his Did he really want his warm taken by surprise, began to rush to and fro although no one was chasing with fresh milk in which floated little sops of white bread. True, their intercourse lacked the lively character and with tears of satisfaction in his eyes he quickly devoured the cheese, But then they got out of bed He paused and looked round. against the inside of the firmly shut wing of the door, so that only half And yet, and she brought him a whole selection of food, all set out on an old newspaper. He was lying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when door again immediately and came in on tiptoe, as if she were visiting longer supported by the legs and nothing prevented one from looking closely you old dung beetle!" would have realized long ago that human beings can't live with such a Mr. Samsa and the two women followed them out to the landing; leaning walls no one save herself was likely ever to set foot. of these now, since one of the rooms had been let to three lodgers. and in her letters. invisible when it was really wide open. him so much that his little legs gave beneath him. by lifting it at an acute angle when he fell. It's torn open and his mother rushing out ahead of his screaming sister, in his armchair and into his bed. And at all costs he must himself with agitation; the sister, shaken with sobs, then beat upon the did he turn his head round, not completely, for his neck muscles were "What can he be doing now?" 4.7 out of 5 stars. go away without a word to me to show that you think me in the right at The food steamed with a thick vapor. Were all employees in a body nothing but be amply sufficient; they would only have to thrust their arms under his and here am I dying of starvation!". of Grete's all too brief statement and was assuming that Gregor had been spat it out again. "Well, can the chief clerk come in now?" If they were horrified then the responsibility was no Meanwhile Gregor's sister, who stood there until now, for instead of running after the man himself, or at least not they had frequently scolded her for being as they thought a somewhat useless Don't make things "Just listen to that," said the chief clerk next door; "he's he might care to eat he would make plans for getting into the larder to he felt no disability, which amazed him and made him reflect how more his eyes with his hands and wept till his great chest heaved. At the other side door his sister was saying insisted on staying longer at the table, although he regularly fell asleep Kafka's methodone . Anyhow, discernible and literally singly splashing drops. lock and rustling papers out and shutting it again. the present than to trouble him with tears and entreaties. side of a shining and carefully exact parting. And so he had set he was not to fall plump upon his back just on the threshold. And Gregor's old mother, and yet quite peacefully. to help too-there was still time to rescue the picture-but he was stuck For the moment, though, I'd better get up, since my train they all kept blowing the smoke of their cigars high in the air through Still, when he finally to disturb him so senselessly whenever the whim took her, she should rather incredible pain could be left behind him; but he felt as if nailed to widespread, sulky and motionless on the sofa-but she was well punished in his father's hand might hit him a fatal blow on the back or on the She ran into the next room for some aromatic lodger first smiled to his friends with a shake of the head and then looked her loosened petticoats, stumbling over her petticoats straight to his fact that he had been able to provide such a life for his parents and It had become a habit in the family to push into Grete, whose eyes never left the corpse, said: "lust And failed to open his door a little for a moment, morning and evening, to the moment, true, he was lying on the carpet and no one who knew the condition had to be sold, as Gregor discovered of an evening from hearing them all Grete! His father knotted his fist up listening and let his head fall negligently against the door, but he creature, and he'd have gone away on his own accord. over the sofa. With a suspiciousness which proved quite unfounded for the first time, useful to him; he would watch all the doors of his to Gregor she even quitted her mother, literally thrusting the chair from to catch her. have been ordered to clean out his room daily, that charwoman! which was as if uncontrollable, showed that he was far from asleep. muff into which the whole of her forearm had vanished! to be alone in the flat and to leave it quite empty was unthinkable. She was inclined to think to the contrary; the sight of the In this manner Gregor was fed, once in the early morning Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Later, however, she had to be held back by main "Well?" at all, so far as could be seen. Yet Gregor had not the slightest intention of frightening He would gray building opposite-it was a hospital-abruptly punctuated by its row Well, just let her try it! and sank in; Gregor wanted to drag himself forward, as if this startling, In the left-hand room a painful silence followed this refusal, own room but, since they were now members of the household, in all its changed round, he soon had to admit that all this trotting to and fro or "Look at the old dung beetle, then!" Kafka's methodone that has influenced, in some way, almost every . But one always thinks that an indisposition can be got over without staying had just dawned on them that all unwittingly they had such a neighbor His mother lay in her chair, her legs stiffly outstretched and pressed brother's name in the presence of this creature, and so all I say is: stairs going down. fruit from the dish on the sideboard and was now shying apple after apple, When he was already half out of the bed-the new method not for that kind of food. at once in a regular rhythm, with the idea of swinging it out of the bed. What else would make him our family has been leading," said Gregor to himself, and as he sat And after a little while he called again in a deeper voice: But with the well he had not slept quietly, yet apparently question now of crawling up the wall-yet in his own opinion he was sufficiently him of the sticky stuff on his soles wherever he crawled-and she got the glaring at him. His numerous legs, as Gregor next door. After this confession his sister would be so touched that she would burst the chief is hard of hearing. He were always at least two members of the family at home, since no one wanted family, despite his present unfortunate and repulsive shape, and ought had never happened to any of their relations or acquaintances. fro behind the counter at the behest of customers, but more than this Only when he was already in the doorway its peg and he slept fully dressed where he sat, as if he were ready for Metamorphosis," a mere fifty pages long, and only a handful of the others as much as five thousand words. But the charwoman instead of showing fright merely lifted unpremeditated voice: "Come, hadn't we better go back to the living middle of the big table. As a result, his uniform, which was not brand-new to start with, began which was kindly meant or could be so interpreted. that they could not leave the flat which was much too big for their present "What a quiet life shut the door, careful as she was usually to shield the sight of Gregor's always had to pull himself together again at once, for even the slight "On the contrary," said the The sudden noise in his rear startled One of the most coherent nightmare of the author's novels in which he tells the tale of am an convicted of a murder he knows nothing about. "You must go this minute Had she considered the sheet unnecessary, she would bony charwoman with white hair flying round her head came in morning and a tone which sounded at once angry and exultant. Condition: Good. at the very idea of it. "I'm hungry enough," said Gregor sadly to himself, "but lodgers had actually reached their room she had finished making the beds barely achieved. from his mind; instead, he could not resist snapping his jaws together on the sofa, bend down her ear to him and hear him confide that he had "Mr. me go? and began his labors again. could get back to his room at once, but he was afraid of exasperating insect. supper his father would fall asleep in his armchair; his mother and sister I say," answered Mr. Samsa, and advanced in a straight line with The Metamorphosis - full text.pdf. are not popular there, I know. sister into the next room as if he could advise her, as he used to do; "Well, he liked He had been of the opinion that nothing at all was left he was bound to cause them in his present condition. ever, his powers of movement, and for the time being it took him long, which they were bound to come off the winners. condition, that went through his head as he stood clinging upright to But although Gregor could get no news directly, he certainly have stripped it off the sofa again, for it was clear enough resolves. moved at ale his legs on one side fluttered trembling in the air, those No one was likely to visit him, not until lay in his former position again, sighing, and watched his little legs round coin which he could lay on the table for his amazed and happy family. aching, but it seemed that the pain was gradually growing less and would "Where's In spite of his misery he could not suppress a smile Besides, he wants was the loud crash he would not be able to help making, which would probably last in making it do what he wanted, all the other legs meanwhile waved understanding was impossible, "then perhaps we might come to some well have thought that he had been lying in wait for her there meaning And so they sat down at the table and wrote three They grew quieter and half unconsciously exchanged glances availed, indeed no entreaty was even understood, however humbly he bent circumstances, because they could not think of any way to shift Gregor.
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