Metamorphosis (version 2)
by Franz Kafka
Chapter 1 of 6 01 - Chapter 1, Part 1
0:00
24:12
- Running time
- 2 h 15 min
- Language
- English
- Read by
- David Richardson
- Translated by
- Ian Johnston
Chapters
About this recording
"The Metamorphosis" is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915 and one of his best known works. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a horrible verminous creature. Terrifying in its banal simplicity, it became one of the seminal works of the twentieth century. This Translation is by Ian Johnston. (Summary by David Richardson)