Great Books and Classics

Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

All links verified on or after March 16, 2017

List of Works
[Amerika] [The Castle] [A Hunger Artist] [Letter to his Father] [The Judgment] [Metamorphosis] [The Trial]

For more information about Franz Kafka, visit The Kafka Project.

Amerika (1927)
Original title Missing

German HTML (39 pages, hover over "Inhalt" for index) at Projekt Gutenberg DE
German HTML (11 pages, indexed - links in left-hand navigation bar) at The Kafka Project

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Paperback edition, translated by Edwin Muir (Schocken, 1996).

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The Castle (1926) [HTR]

German HTML (multi-page, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg DE
German HTML (25 pages, indexed - links in left-hand navigation bar) at The Kafka Project

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Hardcover edition, translated by Edwin and Willa Muir (Knopf, 1992).
Paperback edition, translated by Mark Harman (Shocken Books, 1999, 328 pg).
Audio Cassette edition, unabridged, translated by Mark Harman, narrated by Geoffrey Howard (Blackstone Audio Books, 1998).

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A Hunger Artist (1924) [gbf(HS)]

HTML (Single page, 151 KB) at The Kafka Project (Translator unknown)
HTML (Single page, 160 KB) at The Kafka Project (Translated by Ian Johnston)
German HTML (Single page, 276 KB) at The Kafka Project
German HTML (Single page) at Projekt Gutenberg DE

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Paperback edition at Richer Resources Publications, includes Metamorphosis, The Judgment, A Hunger Artist, and nine others. Translated by Ian Johnston.

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The Judgment (1916) [gbf(50)]
I had previously listed this as identical to The Trial, but they are separate works.

German HTML (Single page, 193 KB) at The Kafka Project

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German/English Paperback edition of Best Short Stories = Der Schonsten Erzahlungen : A Dual-Language Book, includes The Judgment, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, A Country Doctor, and A Report to an Academy (Dover Pubns, 1997, 208 pg).
Paperback edition of The Sons: The Judgment, the Stoker, the Metamorphosis, and Letter to His Father (Schocken Books, 1989).

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Paperback edition at Richer Resources Publications, includes Metamorphosis, The Judgment, A Hunger Artist, and nine others. Translated by Ian Johnston.

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Letter to his Father (1919) [gbf(50)]

German HTML (Single page, 274 KB) at The Kafka Project

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Paperback edition of The Sons: The Judgment, the Stoker, the Metamorphosis, and Letter to His Father (Schocken Books, 1989).

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The Metamorphosis (1915) [GBF]

HTML (Single page, 256 KB) at The Kafka Project (Translator unknown)
Multi-format (HTML, EPUB, Kindle, RTF, Text) at Project Gutenberg (translated by David Wyllie)
German HTML (19 pages, hover over "Inhalt" for index) at Projekt Gutenberg DE
German HTML (Single page, 307 KB) at The Kafka Project

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Paperback edition (Bantam Classics, 1972).
Paperback edition of The Sons: The Judgment, the Stoker, the Metamorphosis, and Letter to His Father (Schocken Books, 1989).
German/English Paperback edition of Best Short Stories = Der Schonsten Erzahlungen : A Dual-Language Book, includes The Judgment, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, A Country Doctor, and A Report to an Academy (Dover Pubns, 1997, 208 pg).
Spanish paperback edition - La Metamorfosis (1997, 132 pg).

Available at other booksellers:
Paperback edition at Richer Resources Publications, includes Metamorphosis, The Judgment, A Hunger Artist, and nine others. Translated by Ian Johnston.

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The Trial (1925) [HTR]
I had previously listed this as identical to The Judgment, but they are separate works.

German HTML (10 pages, indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg DE
German HTML (16 pages, indexed - links in left-hand navigation bar) at The Kafka Project
Italian HTML (10 pages, indexed) at The Kafka Project
Multi-format (HTML, EPUB, Kindle, RTF, Text) at Project Gutenberg (translated by David Wyllie)

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Library binding edition (Buccaneer Books, 1983).
Hardcover edition, translated by Edwin Muir (Knopf, 1992).
Paperback edition (Schocken, 1995, 281 pg).