The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka · FRANZ KAFKA

Kafka's novella in the German he wrote it in, complete and unabridged in 92 pages. No facing translation, no apparatus — the German text on a cream page and nothing else competing with it. Copy-text: first edition, Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig 1915 (Der jüngste Tag 22/23).

Set in Vollkorn at 12pt over 1.68 leading. The 1915 printing is the one Kafka corrected himself; the 1917 and 1918 printings carry compositors' normalisations rather than authorial revision, which is why this is the text set here.

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Language: German
Format: 6 × 9 in — US Trade
Binding: Hardcover · Case wrap
Extent: 92 pages
Paper: 60# cream, uncoated
Cover: Matte
Typeface: Vollkorn

Text in the public domain. First published 1915. Printed to order and shipped directly to you; shipping is calculated at checkout from your address.