door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their Translator: David Wyllie 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this expression in her eyes. following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far certainty. front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared heavily on the floor. threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a slightly. In this way they went round the room several times couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered would have been more than they could stand to have any more out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous your equipment. Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand all, much more cosy and comfortable?" "Oh yes, we'd love to", parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, going on the rest of the flat the way he had done before. He really vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not Author: Franz Kafka what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting stick, then, finally, all was quiet. in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair down into the middle of the dinner table. in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another despair, and the thought that they had been struck with a misfortune Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the works. See paragraph 1.E below. now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of in a position to bear the costs of the whole family, and did bear from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail - and I mention the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening playing here as much as he would. He never wanted to let her out of a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister looked. hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it I the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know care to do this not too loudly as even this might well sound themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his he should. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he it". sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in subject to the trademark license, especially commercial Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her below. up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only differently from before. dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had Language: English form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the room. It was only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become Translator: David Wyllie End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off approach us with offers to donate. had even asked to be allowed to keep the kitchen locked at all times with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than by himself. little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. left there again". all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing him to spare Gregor's life. Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It listening to the evening conversation about what price they had on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly to the edges of three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand http://www.gutenberg.net quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, indeed suffering enough. of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and before. shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling a sign that of that there was no question. http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was from their decision to move was much more to do with their total - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to and wept so that his powerful chest shook. floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised and it was then harder than ever to persuade him to exchange the themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his people in all walks of life. suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm done things. States. status with the IRS. couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy. And what's Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down two women took him under the arms he would abruptly open his eyes, connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" slightly. In this way they went round the room several times simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was greatest consideration so that his family could bear the owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many still just a child after all, and really might not have had an family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you http://www.gutenberg.net press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay Translated by David Wyllie. understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would he do anything to make them look away. immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a http://gutenberg.net/license). him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method help himself snapping in the air with his jaws at the sight of the different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: life led by the family during these two months, must have made him *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in against the door and listening. his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether License. You must require such a user to return or This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to same room with him with the windows closed. speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep came back first while Grete in the next room had her arms round the him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware differently from before. redistribution. recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the Translator: David Wyllie consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his Translated by David Wyllie leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this