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When Gregor Samsa wakes from troubled dreams, he finds himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lays on his armour-like back, and if he lifts his head a little he can see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding is hardly able to cover it and seems ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, wave about helplessly...
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The Metamorphosis (in German, Die Verwandlung, The Transformation) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915, and arguably the most famous of his works along with the longer works The Trial and The Castle. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a giant “monstrous vermin”.
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Posted on 28 April '08 by wgb, under Franz Kafka. No Comments.
Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case: a confession before dying.
~ THE END ~
Posted on 23 April '08 by wgb, under Robert Louis Stevenson. No Comments.
Dr. Lanyon's Narrative: a strange letter from Dr. Jekyll summons Lanyon for a mission of mercy.
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The Last Night: Dr. Jekyll "disappears;" Mr. Hyde is found -- dead.
Tags: jekyll, hyde, suicide, murder
Posted on 11 April '08 by wgb, under Robert Louis Stevenson. No Comments.
Incident at the Window: "I am very low, Utterson," replied the doctor drearily, "very low. It will not last long, thank God."
Posted on 9 April '08 by wgb, under Robert Louis Stevenson. 1 Comment.
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Incident of the Letter: Had Dr. Jekyll forged a letter for the murderer?
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