The Metamorphosis is a 1915 mezzobula by notable Bohemian author Franz Kafka. - AsNotedIn
One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections. From this height the blanket, just about ready to slide off completely, could hardly stay in place. His numerous legs, pitifully thin in comparison to the rest of his circumference, flickered helplessly before his eyes.
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1907/00/00 | Franz Kafka | Home Locale | Franz Kafka moves into an flat at Parizska 30 (lost), where he will write "The Metamorphosis". Destroyed in 1945, Kafka used to regularly visit a high-class brothel at Kamzikova 6, just off Old Town Square, and chat with the girls, 1907-1913. | Old Town Prague | Prague, CZ | ||
| 1915/12/00 | Franz Kafka | Author | "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka is published in German as Die Verwandlung. |
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| Insect | Beetle | an insect of an order distinguished by forewings typically modified into hard wing cases (elytra) that cover and protect the hind wings and abdomen | |
| Occupation | Charwoman | woman hired by the day to do odd work, clean | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Animal | Insect | a small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings | |
| Narrative Arts | Mezzobula | medium form fiction narrative that is longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
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| Original Language: | German | ||
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