Strange

Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

A man wakes up changed, and the worse tragedy is how quickly his family adjusts to the inconvenience. Nobody in it ever asks why. Kafka thought that was the joke; most readers think it is the horror.

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Reading time

About 1 hr 30 min

Where to find it

The Evening Room

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #5200. In the public domain in the United States.