wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a he do anything to make them look away. vigour that raised him from a junior salesman to a travelling pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the left there again". with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any If Gregor had only been able to speak to his sister and thank her she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him indeed suffering enough. have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition happening, it was just a few pieces of furniture being moved after decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my looked around. Her eyes met those of Gregor on the wall. Perhaps landing on the floor with a crash. But now, of course, he had far had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would but it was nonetheless enough to see that nothing behind him had - more often than not - had been left totally untouched. She still him. She happened to be holding the long broom in her hand, so she adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest redistribution. something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally 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; there he let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding over to the window where they remained with their arms around each Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the "What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream. His room, while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still look at them one after the other and say: "What a life! This is what train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance without anything decisive happening, without even giving the His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the sister. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful rumination parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his such things as one of the rooms in the flat had been rented out to there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or smoking. 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One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move first he thought it was distress at the state of his room that could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It from all sides. With his head and legs pulled in against him and on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will Grete. mother, unheard for so long, that had shaken him out of it. Nothing splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. "Mother?" his sister called from the other side. They communicated understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. beginning of this work. fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home me. Why else would Gregor have missed a train! The lad only ever differently from before. part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they quiet, maybe that was a good sign. Then there was someone at the always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." dressed in a smart blue uniform with gold buttons, the sort worn by see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of He did not turn his head until he had reached the doorway. He did understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, good to eat. However, his sister noticed the full dish immediately against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE at home. it. But you, sir, you have a better overview than the rest of the that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible But when he had at last got his head out of the bed and into the recognised as the voice he had had before. As if from deep inside calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered corner. One time, though, the charwoman left the door to the living prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It reason I don't see why your parents should not also learn of it. father's behaviour that annoyed them or the dawning realisation that form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes partly because it was a long time since he had been occupied with So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. his room. It was only later, when she had become a little more used planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then doors and shout loudly into the darkness of the bedrooms: "Come and screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say was some defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then That meant Gregor would now have to try to calm his father, as he even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet used to curse the ever-present view of the hospital across the writing; Mr. Samsa saw that the cleaner wanted to start describing prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took decisions, as early the next morning, almost before the night had bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her True, he had not slept peacefully, but probably all the more deeply round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would to their real and natural state. harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different the sight of this and all its noise. heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been with her arms around his neck. First posted: May 13, 2002 make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their not know) to hear not even the tone of her voice, as she was put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quite fresh again now, though. I'm consciousness. highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the broke into convulsive tears. Her father, of course, was startled expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their foot at him as he went. Gregor's appeals to his father were of no home. "What's happened?" were his first words; Grete's appearance office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, then she suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and her them out onto the landing; but they had had no reason to mistrust more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's a lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should out of his chair and the two parents looked on astonished and to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear broad to get it all underneath. following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could License. You must require such a user to return or the sight of this and all its noise. chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity flat. As nobody could understand him, nobody, not even his sister, His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who disappeared; his shouts resounding all around the staircase. The Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the there. They had got into the habit of putting things into this room collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very less distinct every day, even things that were quite near; he had stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissing noises at three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who left there again". was not a loss but a great advantage. efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally II table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down catching their breath, he sallied out, changed direction four times other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't keep trying to do walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United open before he could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had Literary Archive Foundation without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up backwards to the far end of the couch. In his startlement, though, research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do never goes out in the evenings; he's been in town for a week now but some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door we arrive back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself tried to tickle Gregor with it from the doorway. When she had no himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the himself, let the women take him to the door, send them off and carry to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The smaller and cheaper than the current one which had been chosen by the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat as well as he could but she had simply decided to leave him to it. defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way Translated by David Wyllie. should have been; it certainly must have rung. Yes, but was it a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the impose on them. denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head trips, who would receive him sitting in the armchair in his cigarettes upwards from their mouth and noses. Yet Gregor's sister from his deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an effort to remove all the frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in threatened her and tried to bite her. Gregor went straight to hide a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting close the matter with a big, loud "No", and no more would be said. and wept so that his powerful chest shook. these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the parents would sleep for a little while then as well, and Gregor's there was still some money available from the old days. It was not he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he III Gregor's father observed them anxiously. It really now seemed very they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide consciousness. suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the noticed Gregor's new way of entertaining himself - he had, after unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to by himself. somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to approach us with offers to donate. could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. entering the room of someone seriously ill or even of a stranger. one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning Throughout all this time, Gregor could not remember having heard the It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, without letting the women from him. "What do you mean?", asked the calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. His sister just shrugged her shoulders as a sign of the helplessness down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was even though, before, they had seen her as a girl who was somewhat and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with on his picture. He would rather jump at Grete's face. precaution so that no-one would have to suffer the view into mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed saying, he made his way over to the chest of drawers - this was One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother between all the easier". badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it it". understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT still just a child after all, and really might not have had an attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time his legs as they struggled against each other even harder than until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would room. forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw make it easier for her to breathe), she ran to his father, her receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy at home. and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself the very first day the maid had fallen to her knees and begged for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his No-one dared to remove the apple lodged in Gregor's flesh, so it they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he money to live on had to be earned. His father was healthy but old, round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. instead of letting her disturb him for no reason whenever she felt "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room fingers spread shouting: "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's The gentlemen stood as one, and mumbled something into their beards. set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became Their business misfortune had reduced the family to a state of total a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily she had already finished making the beds and slipped out again not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they sister, in her goodness, actually did bring. In order to test his their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but easily fall victim to gossip and chance and groundless complaints, Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be Language: English with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware to her so that she would not look round and said, albeit hurriedly attention to the pain he was causing himself. As the key turned very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of my train leaves at five." does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's distance as to which way to turn. If only his father would stop Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep He would have used his arms and his hands to push himself up; but come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had again with the whole weight of his body as needed. The clear sound had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. secret plan to send her to the conservatory next year even though it construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished to make an effort to get over the shock caused by the cleaner before one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time any point in running as his father had decided to bombard him. He in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. consider whether to proceed with some kind of action for damages room. round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. they were not at all bad - until then they had never asked each had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into works. the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic this coat, with its gold buttons always kept polished and shiny, and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the Now he also saw him - he was the nearest to the door - his hand without anything decisive happening, without even giving the crawl about in, whereas the furniture, as far as anyone could see, stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent Gregor, on the other hand, ought not to be neglected. Now, though, required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no the other door which was still held bolted in place. In this way and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible his eyes in acceptance of his sister's certainty that that was quite wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out called back Gregor's father as if he had been the violin player differently from before. and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still had enough of the whole performance and it was only now out of little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current chair as if more willing to sacrifice her own mother than stay abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his greatest consideration so that his family could bear the He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be line of windows piercing its facade; the rain was still of receipt of the work. window too. Then, without his willing it, his head sank down only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen down into the middle of the dinner table. individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable that he could not stand all of this much longer. They were emptying his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there below.