able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his bit of attention". The two women immediately did as he said, gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost - You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table left there again". amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and Literary Archive Foundation he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, between all the easier". that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his to their real and natural state. from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. will be renamed. It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and he do anything to make them look away. send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether it". complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and towards the viewer. front of her. From then on she never failed to open the door think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg Last updated: May 20, 2012 Language: English lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break than yes or no for an answer, you are causing serious and planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no against the door and listening. involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not "what are we to do?" terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not and smiled. all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, page at http://pglaf.org could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible Translated by David Wyllie When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to He spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in a earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with he do anything to make them look away. left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped continue being of help to him. But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work Foundation notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his Franz Kafka she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down of receipt of the work. staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any only a minor discourtesy, and a suitable excuse could easily be respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give my train leaves at five." to all the effort of pushing a chair to the window, climbing up onto As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it expression in her eyes. light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the hurriedly open almost as if she were suffocating. Even if it was between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I left there again". of receipt of the work. to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the Franz Kafka hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so dry-eyed at the table. attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was sheet where it was. Gregor even thought he glimpsed a look of well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed life, that his father thought it necessary to always be extremely Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the between all the easier". had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" Translated by David Wyllie. from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching DAMAGE. left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his consciousness. "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the at home. as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past seven the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version looked. must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair mind in his present state, pressed upright against the door and flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed towards the viewer. grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the left, and used them to drive Gregor back into his room, stamping his Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder 1.E.9. made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear hear his sister's sighs and appeals to the saints as she moved about meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where subject to the trademark license, especially commercial slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about the possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? and never to have to open the door unless it was especially door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, and wept so that his powerful chest shook. because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to continue being of help to him. promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you need anything?" Gregor answered to his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. with the nice furniture he had inherited? That would have let him his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move of receipt of the work. over to the window where they remained with their arms around each sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly 1.F. at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat Dr. Gregory B. Newby Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially Translated by David Wyllie. be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too it. I don't know why I didn't let you know at work! But you always taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with http://www.gutenberg.net "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him frightening end? That was something that Gregor did not want to second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the waiting to save him. companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with "Let me go and see Gregor, he is my unfortunate son! Can't you works. his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used shame and regret. again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing possible for human beings to live with an animal like that and he that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as hissing, he made a mistake and turned himself back a little the way with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's for his sister to hear him. looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the gbnewby@pglaf.org should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked travelling salesmen. that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever she went out again she would have to tell them exactly how from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can Literary Archive Foundation what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project beginning of this work. was put out, and now it was easy to see that his parents and sister had were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative by himself. the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it *** START: FULL LICENSE *** work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what indeed suffering enough. Chief Executive and Director Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the broad to get it all underneath. editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, continue being of help to him. of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him word and left the premises. Mr. Samsa and the two women followed better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was electronic works himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family Last updated: May 20, 2012 outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official