The Metamorphosis: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 3 original MP3 tracks, 2:17:24 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. (Translated by Ian Johnston.) Read in English by Bob Neufeld. The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung, also sometimes translated as The Transformation) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature. The cause of Samsa's transformation is never revealed, and Kafka never did give an explanation. The rest of Kafka's novella deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome to his parents and sister, who are repulsed by the horrible, verminous creature Gregor has become. - Summary by Wikipedia
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Metamorphosis
- Author credits: Franz Kafka
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 3
- Listed recording duration: 2:17:24
Catalogue topics
- fiction
- fantasy
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter 1 — 45:00
- 02 - Chapter 2 — 47:32
- 03 - Chapter 3 — 44:53
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