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• Metamorphosis, The
  Metamorphosis, The

  noun

  a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.
• “The Metamorphosis”
  “The Metamorphosis”

  (1916) A story by Franz Kafka. It is a tale of psychological terror, in which a salesman named Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect.

Metamorphosis, The

American  

noun

1. a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.

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“The Metamorphosis” Cultural  

1. (1916) A story by Franz Kafka. It is a tale of psychological terror, in which a salesman named Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect.

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Metamorphosis, The “The Metamorphosis”

Novels such as The Trial and The Castle, stories such as "The Metamorphosis," "The Hunger Artist" and "The Burrow" are the Grimm's fairy tales of the modern cloven spirit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Metamorphosis The multitude of monsters melts away; the land changes into an Ocean; the creatures of the briny abysses appear.

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)

Franz Kafka’s novella “The Metamorphosis” asks: What if, overnight, you became “a horrible vermin”—a creature among the most repellent ever to crawl the earth?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Also, “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, a fat black bug on its cover.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

This includes a performance inspired by Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” by Paul Outlaw and a new work of musical theater by Source Material.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2019

According to Mr Stach, guilt and punishment preoccupied Kafka from 1912—the year he wrote “The Metamorphosis”, a groundbreaking story—until early 1915.

From Economist ● Nov. 10, 2016

Together these cover the great writer’s maturity and cast light on the development of such masterpieces as “The Judgment,” “The Metamorphosis” and “A Hunger Artist.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2016