Metamorphosis

One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed...

Whats happened to me. he thought. It wasnt a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little...

Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. Drops of rain could be heard hitting...

Oh, God, he thought, what a strenuous career it is that Ive chosen. Travelling day in and day out....

He slid back into his former position. Getting up early all the time, he thought, it makes you...

And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of drawers. God in Heaven. he thought....

He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide to get out of the bed, when the...

The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being disturbed, to get dressed, and...

It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow himself up a little and they...

The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body out of the bed, but he had never...

So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed first, carefully turning his head...

It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been earlier, but when he lay there...

But then he said to himself. Before it strikes quarter past seven Ill definitely have to have got...

When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed the new method was more of a game than an...

After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have been hard for him to keep his...

Somethings fallen down in there, said the chief clerk in the room on the left. Gregor tried to...

Gregor, said his father now from the room to his left, the chief clerk has come round and wants to...

So why did his sister not go and join the others. She had probably only just got up and had not...

The chief clerk now raised his voice, Mr. Samsa, he called to him, what is wrong. You barricade...

But Sir, called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in the excitement, Ill open up...

And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was saying, he made his way over to...

Did you understand a word of all that. the chief clerk asked his parents, surely hes not trying to...

Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldnt understand his words any more,...

Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once there he let go of it and threw...

Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide open before he could be seen. He...

So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of the other door which was still...

Now, then, said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to have kept calm, Ill get dressed...

But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to speak, and, with protruding...

Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief clerk go away in this mood if his...

Mother, mother, said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had completely forgotten the chief clerk...

It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke from his deep and coma like...

It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it actually was that had drawn him...

Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had been lit in the living room. His...

Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was opened very slightly and...

It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room was put out, and now it was...

He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a light sleep, although he frequently...

Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his decisions, as early the next morning,...

This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the morning while his parents and the...

It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the doctor and the locksmith that first...

Although Gregor wasnt able to hear any news directly he did listen to much of what was said in the...

Now Gregors sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; although that was not so much...

Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had explained to Gregors mother and sister...

That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his mind in his present state,...

When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, partly because it was a long...

This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family to live off the interest; it was...

He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a wink but scratching at the leather...

If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her for all that she had to do for...

One day, about a month after Gregors transformation when his sister no longer had any particular...

For the first fourteen days, Gregors parents could not bring themselves to come into the room to...

Gregors wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of consideration for his parents, Gregor...

Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the lack of any direct human...

His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the idea, not without reason, that...

So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregors mother already looked uneasy in his room,...

Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was happening, it was just a few pieces...

So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room catching their breath, he sallied...

They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite soon; Grete had put her arm around...

But Gretes words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to one side, saw the enormous brown...

He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was quiet, maybe that was a good...

His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like that; Ah., he shouted as he came...

No one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregors flesh, so it remained there as a visible...

Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility probably permanently. He had been...

They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of course, the ones that Gregor...

With a kind of stubbornness, Gregors father refused to take his uniform off even at home; while his...

As soon as it struck ten, Gregors mother would speak gently to his father to wake him and try to...

Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to give more attention to Gregor than...

Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would think of taking over the...

Gregors sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking after Gregor as she had done...

Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to find himself next to the food...

The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening meal at home in the living...

The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregors father came into the living room...

Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the violin being played, but this...

His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, one on each side, to the...

No one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with the violin playing; at first,...

Mr. Samsa., shouted the middle gentleman to Gregors father, pointing, without wasting any more...

Gregors father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his hands, and fell into it; it...

Father, Mother, said his sister, hitting the table with her hand as introduction, we cant carry on...

Gregors sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her forehead. Her words seemed to give...

We have to try and get rid of it, said Gregors sister, now speaking only to her father, as her...

If he could just understand us, repeated Gregors father, closing his eyes in acceptance of his...

Its got to go, shouted his sister, thats the only way, Father. Youve got to get rid of the idea...

But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all his sister. All he had done was...

Maybe now theyll let me turn round, thought Gregor and went back to work. He could not help panting...

He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, bolted and locked. The sudden...

What now, then., Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the darkness. He soon made the...

When the cleaner came in early in the morning theyd often asked her not to keep slamming the doors...

Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had to make an effort to get over...

Grete, come with us in here for a little while, said Mrs. Samsa with a pained smile, and Grete...

The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in amazement for their breakfasts;...

Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his uniform with his wife on one arm...

Leave my home. Now., said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and without letting the women from him....

They decided the best way to make use of that day was for relaxation and to go for a walk; not only...

Tonight she gets sacked, said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply from either his wife or his...

After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was something they had not done for...