Free classics · 1915
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka · translated by David Wyllie
A travelling salesman wakes up as a giant insect, and his family has to decide what he is now.
- to read
- 2 h
- to read
- at 20 min a day
- 5 days
- at 20 min a day
- public domain
- Free
- public domain
What it’s about
Gregor Samsa can no longer work, and his family, who depended on him, slowly change towards him.
It is short enough to read in two or three sittings, and strange and sad in ways that stay with you.
- Alienation
- Family duty
- Work
“One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.”
Why people stop, and how to finish
Very little. It's short, though the ending surprises people.
What helps: Read it in three parts, one a day.
At 20 minutes a day you’ll reach the last page in about 5 days.
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