The metamorphosis
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312 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Level 10.5, 12 Points
Level 10.5, 12 Points
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1340
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"Translated, edited, and with an Introduction by Stanley Corngold Featuring essays by Philip Roth, W. H Auden, and Walter Benjamin "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Franz Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing--though absurdly comic--meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. This Modern Library edition collects Stanley Corngold's acclaimed English translation--long hailed as the gold standard by scholars and general readers alike--along with six critical essays by writers including Philip Roth, W. H. Auden, and Walter Benjamin, background and contextual material, and a new Introduction from Corngold himself"--Provided by publisher.
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""When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing--though absurdly comic--meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction. As W. H. Auden wrote, "Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man.""--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kafka, F., Corngold, S., Roth, P., & Benjamin, W. (2013). The metamorphosis (Modern Library paperback edition.). Modern Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Franz Kafka et al.. 2013. The Metamorphosis. Modern Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Franz Kafka et al.. The Metamorphosis Modern Library, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kafka, Franz, Stanley Corngold, Philip Roth, and Walter Benjamin. The Metamorphosis Modern Library paperback edition., Modern Library, 2013.
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