The Metamorphosis: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

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 by David Barnes The Metamorphosis (in German, Die Verwandlung, "The Transformation") is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915, and arguably the most famous of his works along with the longer works The Trial and The Castle. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a giant "monstrous vermin". (Summary from Wikipedia).

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Metamorphosis
• Author credits: Franz Kafka
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 3
• Listed recording duration: 2:34:25

Catalogue topics

• kafka
• metamorphosis
• verwandlung
• samsa

Track guide

1. I — 49:52
2. II — 53:52
3. III — 50:42

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