The Metamorphosis and Other Stories, with eBook cover art

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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories, with eBook

By: Franz Kafka, Guy de Maupassant
Narrated by: Tom Whitworth
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 The Metamorphosis begins as its protagonist, Gregor Samsa, wakes up one morning to find that he has become a huge insect. This change is understandably difficult for Gregor, not to mention his family and business. It ends up costing him his life.

The story has been interpreted as everything from religious allegory to psychoanalytic case history, but works because, though written nearly a century ago, Kafka's fantastic imaginings convey a reality of their own. We surrender to Gregor's experience, which in a way becomes ours.

Also included are stories by Guy de Maupassant: "The Englishman", "The Piece of String", "The Necklace", "A Crisis", "The Will", "Love", "The Inn" and "Was it a Dream".

Translated by Stanley Appelbaum.

©1992 Joss Recordings (P)2005 Tantor Media, Inc. Classics
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