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A traveling salesman wakes up as a giant insect
1915Fast paceDark
What it is about
Gregor Samsa wakes one morning to find himself turned into a monstrous insect. His family at first tries to care for him, but their patience wears out. The short novella is one of the best-known works of modern literature.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who want a very short classic.
What you will get
First published in German as Die Verwandlung.
The Metamorphosis Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Classics · Alienation · Family · Absurd
Length
64 pages · ≈ 2 h
More about this book
Characters
Gregor Samsa and his family.
Setting
A small apartment in Prague, in the early 1900s.
What makes it different
A short, strange story that treats a fantastic event as a daily problem.
Feel
Strange, bleak and darkly funny.
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