Short stories by Franz Kafka (Book Guide)

Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (stories not included). Pages: 31. Chapters: Advocates (short story), An Old Manuscript, At Night (short story), A Common Confusion, A Country Doctor (collection), A Country Doctor (short story), A Crossbreed, A Dream (short story), A Fratricide, A Hunger Artist, A Little Fable, A Little Woman, A Report to an Academy, A Visit to a Mine, Before the Law, Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor, Description of a Struggle, Eleven Sons, Fellowship (short story), First Sorrow, Give It Up! (short story), Home-Coming (short story), Investigations of a Dog, In the Penal Colony, Jackals and Arabs, Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk, My Neighbor (short story), On Parables, Poseidon (Kafka), Poseidon (short story), Prometheus (short story), Shamefaced Lanky and Impure in Heart, The Aeroplanes At Brescia, The Bridge (short story), The Bucket Rider, The Burrow (short story), The Cares of a Family Man, The City Coat of Arms, The Conscription of Troops, The Departure (short story), The Great Wall of China (Kafka), The Helmsman (short story), The Hunter Gracchus, The Judgment, The Knock at the Manor Gate, The Married Couple, The Metamorphosis, The New Advocate, The Next Village, The Problem of Our Laws, The Refusal, The Silence of the Sirens, The Stoker, The Test (short story), The Top (short story), The Truth about Sancho Panza, The Village Schoolmaster, The Vulture (short story), Up in the Gallery, Wedding Preparations in the Country. Excerpt: The Metamorphosis (German: , also sometimes translated as The Transformation) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the Western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a monstrous vermin. It is never explained in the story why Samsa transforms, nor did Kafka ever give an explanation. One day Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, wakes up to find himself transformed into a "ungeheures Ungeziefer", literally "monstrous vermin", often interpreted as a giant bug or insect. He believes it is a dream, and reflects on how dreary life as a traveling salesman is. He looks at the wall clock and realizes that he has overslept and missed his train for work. He ponders on the consequences of this delay, and is annoyed at how his boss never accepts excuses or explanations from any of his employees no matter how hard working they are, displaying an apparent lack of trusting abilities. Gregor's mother knocks on the door and he answers her. She is concerned for Gregor because he is late for work, which is unorthodox for Gregor. Gregor answers his mother and realizes that his voice has changed, but his answer is short so his mother does not notice the voice change. His sister, Grete, to whom he was very close then whispers through the door and begs him to open the door. All his family members think that he is ill and ask him to open the door. He tries to get out of bed but he is incapable of moving his body. While trying to move, he finds that his office manager, the chief clerk has showed up to check on him. He finally rocks his body to the floor and calls out that he will open the door shortly. Feeling offended by Gregor's delayed response in opening the door, the clerk warns him of the consequences of missing work. He adds that his recent performance has been unsatisfact