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The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

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Members' Rating: 4.19from 37 Ratings and 5 Reviews

Tags: Classics, Novella

ISBN:0553213695

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One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was ...

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4/5 4.00

Reviewed by im-nessie on Nov 16, 2010

Great short read

I read this in High School and just found it again, of course it does not have the same surprise and anticipation element, but it's still a great read.

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4/5 4.00

Reviewed by bookgoddess1969 on Apr 20, 2010

Gregor broke my heart.

The state that Gregor finds himself in totally breaks my heart. Here he is a responsible and devoted son and brother, taking care of his family entirely on his own. When he needs help and caring for, he is treated like he is meaningless. I really felt for Gregor and even though I can understand what his family had to go through, it still seems entirely unfair to him.

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3/5 3.00

Reviewed by letsread on Nov 17, 2009

interesting

This was really interesting book. It ingage readers until the end.Throughout the book readers could learn some lesson. It'a little bit sad!

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5/5 5.00

Reviewed by emiletic on Mar 31, 2009

Poor Gregor

Really felt the impact of poor Gregor's situation by reading this in installments.

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3/5 3.00

Reviewed by cularjac on Sep 29, 2008

The Metamorphosis

Everytime I read or teach this book, the question always pops up: What turned Gregor into a cockroach in the first place? (Beats me)
I'm always unsettled by the not-so happy ending, yet all the other main characters are at peace--but that's Kafka for you.

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ahmet.fahreddin 5.00   2012-08-29
airasothis 4.00   2008-10-11
AndreiaMarques 3.00   2011-08-09
angelicmobster8 5.00   2010-01-11
AnuB 5.00   2012-05-14
BabsG 5.00   2008-12-07
BookCat 3.00   2009-01-21
bookgoddess1969 4.00 Read review 2010-04-20
CaroV 5.00   2009-04-07
changolote 3.00   2010-09-08
charlottevalle 4.00   2008-10-01
cularjac 3.00 Read review 2008-09-29
daliwarn 5.00   2009-12-08
emiletic 5.00 Read review 2009-03-31
Gambitus 4.00   2009-08-14
herkamer 4.00   2009-05-11
im-nessie 4.00 Read review 2010-11-16
jakobmuller 4.00   2009-03-29
jon.finnangelo 3.00   2011-01-28
J_u_l_i 4.00   2010-03-29
katrina888 5.00   2008-11-09
KimberlyMyers 5.00   2010-02-14
kingrat 4.00   2010-01-07
kumarei 5.00   2009-01-15
lalissima 4.00   2010-01-28

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