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The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Paper book: €14.99

Digital: €3.99

Original publication
1915
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
167
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Psychology, Poetic
Moods
Understand myself, Think it through, Get the chills
Translated from
German

Book summary

One morning, Gregor Samsa, a humble travelling salesman, wakes up transformed into an enormous insect. Shut in his room, he can no longer work, and his family, who depended on his wages, have to learn to live with him.

This short story, unsettling and shot through with dark humour, shows what is left of a man when his family sees him only as a burden.

Kafka writes in simple, precise sentences: an ideal text for a first read in the language you are learning.

The plot

“一天早晨,格里高尔·萨姆沙从不安的睡梦中醒来,发现自己躺在床上,变成了一只巨大的害虫。”。

The world of the book

紧闭房门后的一家人。故事几乎全部发生在20世纪初萨姆沙一家的公寓里。儿子格里高尔总是把自己房间的三扇门都锁上。

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