The Metamorphosis: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 6 original MP3 tracks, 2:14:37 running time and a link to listen.
The Metamorphosis, credited to Franz Kafka, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Read by David Richardson "The Metamorphosis" is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915 and one of his best known works. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a horrible verminous creature. Terrifying in its banal simplicity, it became one of the seminal works of the twentieth century. This Translation is by Ian Johnston. (Summary by David Richardson)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Metamorphosis
- Author credits: Franz Kafka
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 6
- Listed recording duration: 2:14:37
Catalogue topics
- 20th century literature
- fiction
- Insect
- Transformation
- Metamorphosis
- Kafka
- novella
Track guide
- 01 — 24:13
- 02 — 17:59
- 03 — 22:46
- 04 — 23:57
- 05 — 28:16
- 06 — 17:30
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