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"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)

Metamorphosis (version 2), The by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924‪)‬ LibriVox

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"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)

    01 - Chapter 1, Part 1

    01 - Chapter 1, Part 1

    • 24 min
    02 - Chapter 1, Part 2

    02 - Chapter 1, Part 2

    • 17 min
    03 - Chapter 2, Part 1

    03 - Chapter 2, Part 1

    • 22 min
    04 - Chapter 2, Part 2

    04 - Chapter 2, Part 2

    • 23 min
    05 - Chapter 3, Part 1

    05 - Chapter 3, Part 1

    • 28 min
    06 - Chapter 3, Part 2

    06 - Chapter 3, Part 2

    • 17 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
4 Ratings

4 Ratings

GaryA.100 ,

1 excellent reader

Much better than LVOX v.1 of The Metamorphosis. One of the best LVOX audiobook reads I've heard. One hq reader who does decent character voices. Uses a goodv modern Translation avail through cc licenxe.

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