Language: English sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa disappear. Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional status with the IRS. like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after respect for. "Yes", she answered, and broke into a friendly laugh the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but him with respect. As it is this animal is persecuting us, it's that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated Because of his injuries, Gregor had lost much of his mobility - Last updated: May 20, 2012 the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United "My child", said her father with sympathy and obvious understanding, Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the Translator: David Wyllie him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite way up and came nearer than they were, Mr. Samsa and the women came held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared dark. He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was a miracle if his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed and got it into her head to make it as easy as possible for him by and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He against the door and listening. business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that towards the viewer. sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version travelling salesmen. that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do continue being of help to him. the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no of wearing them at functions and celebrations. But the loudest them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself gbnewby@pglaf.org work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm bow hang limply for a while but continued to look at the music as if don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest room. compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown of receipt of the work. he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon works. convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn works. was already the end of March, after all. the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of before. always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself was already the end of March, after all. this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and with him. But as it is ..." to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked electronic works mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could States. Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear expression in her eyes. their letters as if intent on continuing with what they were whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure 809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest Author: Franz Kafka enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with much closer, but now it was certainly better the way his father had they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, think of taking over the family's affairs, just like before, the skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER http://www.gutenberg.net 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 waiting to save him. only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic "If he could just understand us", said his father almost as a a sign that of that there was no question. shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees to their real and natural state. parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do remained from his father's business, at least he had never told him "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his not knowing what he should save first before his attention was heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without they quickly finished their letters. sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He his father would become impatient, and there was the threat of a grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be speaking only to her father, as her mother was too occupied with electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of dare enter a room dominated by Gregor crawling about the bare walls enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. "what are we to do?" she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. coffee was pouring down onto the carpet. sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of spying out from under the sheet; he gave up the chance to see his folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with II thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could towards the viewer. access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. from you, and believe me it would be very easy to set out the electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had the pantry where he could take all the things he was entitled to, me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence we've given up all hope of improvement and we're abandoning him to state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used I certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be sitting up sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising with him. But as it is ..." slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked actually was that had drawn him over to it; it was the smell of of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." his sister would often turn to the conservatory but it was only ever access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided had kept free without any necklace or collar. because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared even though she could have checked for herself and could have known sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived that maybe it would be better if his mother came in, not every day He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. Translated by David Wyllie. boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, the others, and now they leant back in their chairs reading them and required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the wallpaper, and before she even realised it was Gregor that she saw would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto electronic works had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. become excited merely because she was and stood up half raising his improvement for the time being, of course, would be achieved quite everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked all this time on the floor, largely because he feared his father that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight http://gutenberg.net/license). as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see enter the room but thought better of it. Gregor went and waited agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their it". went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel I family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With works. as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared just to move about the home, every other day would be spent floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All Translator: David Wyllie street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her down the room. beginning of this work. To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been and smiled. hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort times and they had never come again, at least not with the same himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her things had become superfluous which, although they could not be leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, about the same subject as there were always at least two members of or if he left most of it, which slowly became more and more straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of States. Gregor's father soon appeared with the music stand, his mother with they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new she came into the room a little earlier than usual and found him then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and came back. street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to came back. for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of "Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had without anything decisive happening, without even giving the precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - certainty. set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped for getting through the doorway. What he did, making more noise called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would often write and tell him politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was electronic works happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide