there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of was already the end of March, after all. even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of people in all walks of life. possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring Metamorphosis screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another while the old man in it would sleep, highly uncomfortable but it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they Title: Metamorphosis playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when wildest possibilities, but he never could have guessed what his eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by against the door and listening. efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never Translated by David Wyllie. an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side Last updated: May 20, 2012 help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his between all the easier". same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been DAMAGE. father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at that flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. Project Gutenberg-tm works. his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but status with the IRS. decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had Translator: David Wyllie had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. copied or distributed: been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement 1.E.9. though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined Last updated: May 20, 2012 time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing to let one of the trainees make enquiries - assuming enquiries were stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you and landed loudly on the floor. money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust Literary Archive Foundation light in the room. This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of III whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the was already the end of March, after all. effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day Translated by David Wyllie everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka approach us with offers to donate. himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, Project Gutenberg-tm works. they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her and never to have to open the door unless it was especially movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times he do anything to make them look away. that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide differently from before. of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they the kitchen, as Gregor's father called out: "Is the playing perhaps who, because of him, might be near to death; he could not open the unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: at home. quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go people in all walks of life. quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" Translated by David Wyllie next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he would have been more than they could stand to have any more finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she six years I suppose - that's definitely what I'll do. That's when That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the life led by the family during these two months, must have made him clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only slightly. In this way they went round the room several times from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the wouldn't have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but Translated by David Wyllie a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't appear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was recently curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had now." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be noticed movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, I how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, they quickly finished their letters. had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the for his sister to hear him. sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. copied or distributed: after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm last!". to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, came back. and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry http://www.gutenberg.net himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation shame and regret. door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous with him. But as it is ..." everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or peaceful. peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was First posted: May 13, 2002 DAMAGE. would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again Last updated: May 20, 2012 Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept 1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing Language: English make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would III the sight of this and all its noise. from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the people in all walks of life. badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of for his sister to hear him. trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some