The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

Franz Kafka

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781435165069
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

Writing in the first three decades of the twentieth century, Franz Kafka explored the themes of alienation, anxiety, and solitude in stories that were often surreally fantastic. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories collects more than 30 of Kafka's best-known stories in a new translation including "The Metamorphosis, " "In the Penal Colony, " "The Hunger Artist, " "A Country Doctor, " and "A Report to an Academy." The Metamorphosis and Other Stories is one of Barnes & Noble'sCollectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed foil-stampedbinding, with distinctivecolored edging and an attractive ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Before the Law
• The Judgment
• The Metamorphosis
• The Stoker
• In the Penal Colony
• A Country Doctor
• A Hunger Artist
• A Report to an Academy
• Children on the Country Road
• Outing in the Mountains
• A Message from the Emperor
• The Window to the Street
• Unmasking a Con Man
• Resolutions
• The Bachelor’s Misery
• The Businessman
• Absentminded Gazing
• The New Advocate
• The Passersby
• The Passenger
• In the Gallery
• The Rejection
• For Gentlemen Riders to Think About
• The Sudden Stroll
• Wish to Become a Red Indian
• Jackals and Arabs
• Unhappiness
• The Way Home
• An Old Manuscript
• Clothing
• A Visit to the Mine
• The Next Village
• The Cares of a Household Father
• The Trees
• Eleven Sons
• A Fratricide
• First Sorrow
• A Dream
• Acknowledgments