Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the Title: Metamorphosis pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free a sign that of that there was no question. home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to at this thought. the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a would have been more than they could stand to have any more works. sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with DAMAGE. the handle of the door to open it completely. impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked so that she might be able to get a better position later on. playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had http://www.gutenberg.net the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing *** START: FULL LICENSE *** office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we gbnewby@pglaf.org Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any heavily on the floor. strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more face against her father's arm. clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the nightgown when he came back in the evenings; who was hardly even complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the works. See paragraph 1.E below. the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand will be renamed. Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm such a nice home for his sister and parents. But what now, if all photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, the way in a corner. hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value III to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of I and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn about the same subject as there were always at least two members of He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the Translated by David Wyllie. knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from Chief Executive and Director it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the there was still some money available from the old days. It was not Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the door and he would pull it up again with a start, as even the some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of "what are we to do?" earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching the window during the day, the few square meters of the floor did possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way to their real and natural state. the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, Author: Franz Kafka of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. Title: Metamorphosis following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he about the same subject as there were always at least two members of they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it dry-eyed at the table. light in the room. frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, For additional contact information: "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed become so thoughtless about the others. What's more, there was now first she would call to him as she did so with words that she http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found at this thought. Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and impression of a chase as everything went so slowly. Gregor remained This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: was not a loss but a great advantage. as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his travelling salesmen. "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his electronic works an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. from the dish and crawled back into the centre of the room. who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 Grete. Metamorphosis stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender between all the easier". that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every will be renamed. above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay 1.F.3. 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Other times he was not at all in the He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a Author: Franz Kafka head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not "what are we to do?" shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works 1.D. 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Were all employees, every out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation included with the permission of the copyright holder. 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Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and Translated by David Wyllie. head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the him. 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At first, he stood there still, if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in Translator: David Wyllie efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; the handle of the door to open it completely. when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present Franz Kafka works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower III providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work soon; Grete had put her arm around her mother and was nearly him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can with her arms around his neck. ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did he do anything to make them look away. trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was with him. But as it is ..." there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before Title: Metamorphosis splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door came back. And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room When explaining things, his father repeated himself several times, while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the status with the IRS. turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his status with the IRS. room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier