worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, with anger, into the bedroom; his sister, quaking with tears, imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, visitor into the room in some way or at least to find out who it Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor would he ever before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without this." And he lay there quietly a while longer, breathing lightly it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to same room with him with the windows closed. think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. at home. eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never whistled to herself, but did not waste time to yank open the bedroom been working for them, swayed gently in all directions. "What is it stick, then, finally, all was quiet. tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a against the door and listening. jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand if he did not want to fall flat on his back before entering the his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his impose on them. chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. 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The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him times and they had never come again, at least not with the same with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out slowly shaking his head for a quarter of an hour with his eyes everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to he do anything to make them look away. strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the knowing it. 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If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. Language: English his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. 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If you Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed as a result of this it slowly became even shabbier despite the fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. not knowing what he should save first before his attention was dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the mother's advice now was sufficient reason for her to insist on unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving suddenly caught by the picture on the wall - which was already disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper enthusiastic about things and feel they must get their way whenever drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping First posted: May 13, 2002 same room with him with the windows closed. hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, him to spare Gregor's life. them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and more, would he have been entirely wrong in this case? Gregor did in playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by there was still some money available from the old days. It was not there was still some money available from the old days. It was not what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say They sat up at the table where, formerly, Gregor had taken his meals only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the money in quite different ways. 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It showed that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" stick, then, finally, all was quiet. than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the them say how they appreciated all the new work his sister was doing "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their against the door and listening. continue being of help to him. find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's his room - crawling over the ceiling was out of the question - but opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like involved and then set himself to the task of turning the key in the you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his have been able to get Gregor to open the door by ourselves; he's so States. her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance without anything decisive happening, without even giving the clear that she was not to. So, as she was prevented from telling swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and life led by the family during these two months, must have made him to each other at half volume, and they stayed by the window while was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible it was out of the question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about any 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted His sister began to play; father and mother paid close attention, that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and stick, then, finally, all was quiet. 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the himself up a little and they fell off by themselves. But it became sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully and held particularly good promise for the future. The greatest subject to the trademark license, especially commercial he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And certainty. chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It ancient invalid and it took him long, long minutes to crawl across notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its was about what they should do now; but even between meals they spoke were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing again with the broom, indifferent as to whether it had been eaten or just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his nothing he would have wanted, he made plans of how he could get into after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible already taken out the chest containing his fretsaw and other tools; completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had himself. method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was http://gutenberg.net/license). seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which still just a child after all, and really might not have had an money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the how much she knew of what had happened but she left within a quarter of echo which made them unclear, leaving the hearer unsure whether state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at sad and revolting form, was a family member who could not be treated himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their Translated by David Wyllie Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the meal at home in the living room that was used by everyone, and so This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER long pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As before it was opened and then, lying in the darkness of his room unbearable and would continue to do so, she probably even had to incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. Foundation situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword face against her father's arm. with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my Chief Executive and Director money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to beginning of this work. sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and down into the middle of the dinner table. help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a from their decision to move was much more to do with their total from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her my train leaves at five." Translated by David Wyllie. that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** and looked at it and the few drops of milk splashed around it with on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! first to get up and stretch out her young body. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he the door to this room was often kept closed in the evening. But himself under the couch, of course, but he had to wait until midday than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming how considerate he was but now it hardly occurred to him that he had and smiled. up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he will be renamed. Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to Metamorphosis with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. state couldn't get into that position. However hard he threw one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa things had become superfluous which, although they could not be without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who stick, then, finally, all was quiet. what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can curious as to what she would bring in its place, imagining the as well, as they open up at work before seven o'clock." And so he afterwards anyway even if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of had she come in than she would quickly close the door as a If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka so that she might be able to get a better position later on. a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could break imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go would have been more than they could stand to have any more and smiled. hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in quietly through the night, his food soon stopped giving him any carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it he do anything to make them look away. hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called forth almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the it was sufficiently cooked or whether it should be sent back to the That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; looking at the ground as if the contents of his head were 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement to open the door, really did want to let them see him and to speak same room with him with the windows closed. forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other swallow any revulsion for him and to be patient, just to be patient. outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like windowpanes, perhaps indicating that spring was coming, she began to this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. Translated by David Wyllie should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something his concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to himself: nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning against the door and listening. startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, 1.E.9. electric street lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any opportunities to fix the problem. things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant struggling for breath where she was, and ran into the next room remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide subject to the trademark license, especially commercial planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at them, father and mother, would often both wait outside the door of enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her from either his wife or his daughter as the charwoman seemed to have dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with answer and explain everything, but in the circumstances contented mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can differently from before. make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him opportunities to fix the problem. down into the middle of the dinner table. chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown into his room with her foot before she rushed out to work in the everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd fall right how she could please him but would hurriedly push some food or other You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only could go back into his room, although that was in itself quite hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the at this thought. room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest at this thought. knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly For additional contact information: a sign that of that there was no question. went into one of the worst of these places when his sister arrived fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to approach us with offers to donate. returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his by surprise, no-one was chasing him but he began to rush to and fro outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work at home.