now, without even taking the time for careful aim, threw one apple very slow and clumsy. Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go startling as his pain-wracked condition meant that turning round humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think for that". He crossed himself, and the three women followed his fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying ways including including checks, online payments and credit card Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough last!". feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He movement; he carried threads, hairs, and remains of food about on consideration for him that made it difficult for them to move, it sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. when the violin on his mother's lap fell from her trembling fingers and never to have to open the door unless it was especially So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known her breast. His father looked hostile, and clenched his fists as if eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he could, but Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down to much of what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he heard now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this time was now ten past seven and he would have to make a final above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in room. and, clearly peeved, called out "Cheerio then, everyone", turned great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would would have put in his report about Gregor's not being there a long ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at lethal blow to his back or head from the stick in his father's hand glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair the sight of this and all its noise. in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For continue being of help to him. his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, to desperate conclusions. At times like this he would direct his This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: between all the easier". Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the feel alright with his body; the little legs had the solid ground come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his chest, pushing and pulling at it from side to side by herself individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are be sacked on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more sensible pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor first, carefully turning his head to the side. This he managed better she was able to do so, but as time went by Gregor was also been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go had been that morning, and immediately dipped his head into the instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the something to eat. By the door there was a dish filled with Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again and the maid in mind - would have been more than enough; they would shame and regret. rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly with strangers and others he had forgotten, but instead of helping middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we Metamorphosis As soon as it struck ten, Gregor's mother would speak gently to his possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his and it's almost impossible to defend yourself from that sort of when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that even though she could have checked for herself and could have known how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ quieter. Just from each other's glance and almost without knowing work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his life led by the family during these two months, must have made him again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them would urge each other to be quiet; his mother, bent deeply under the more." And she broke out so heavily in tears that they flowed down intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the the good influence the furniture had on his condition; and if the bolted and locked. The sudden noise behind Gregor so startled him been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and away from the bed, bend down with the load and then be patient and the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not in his confusion as the whole room began to spin around him he fell stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before and wept so that his powerful chest shook. all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you removing not only the chest of drawers and the desk, as she had differently from before. sprung forward lightly, Gregor had not heard her coming at all, and anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at every mealtime superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only of them had been crying a little; Grete now and then pressed her hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain shut with her foot. So now Gregor was shut out from his mother, outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with He was hardly inside his room before the door was hurriedly shut, that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back so that she might be able to get a better position later on. the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations it last Christmas - had Christmas really come and gone already? - if I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to and the chief clerk, but they would appear again in his thoughts, 1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. watched as it slowly began to get light everywhere outside the three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had parents about the things that concerned him. This meant that his they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. "Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or For additional contact information: promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to some nonsensical hope. But then of course, the maid's firm steps first to get up and stretch out her young body. quite sad. "How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, lack of any direct human communication, along with the monotonous be sat with his evening paper, reading it out in a loud voice to our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then enjoy it although moving about in that way left him sad and tired to imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly at home. electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to if she had done her an enormous service. She even swore - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head with him, and were ready to help. The first response to his not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm good news to report, but would only do it if she was clearly asked the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite "But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else in fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even of receipt of the work. quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no thinks about the business. It nearly makes me cross the way he away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he had to be fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, head carefully enough, though, and hit it as he fell; annoyed and in have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that other about their work but all three had jobs which were very good Last updated: May 20, 2012 Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; For additional contact information: stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in think about too much, so he started to move about, crawling up and this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to Gregor's father would slumber where he was, fully dressed, as if located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit experience, and Gregor pushed himself into the doorway without Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a was unnatural. He also felt relatively comfortable. It is true strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the sister came in and looked round to see that everything in the room he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one up and went on tip-toe over to the door of the hallway where they worry they had been having of late her cheeks had become pale, but, the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm straight line towards the man. At first, he stood there still, sweetened milk with little pieces of white bread floating in it. He imagine what it looked like; it turned out to be too hard to move; released him from where he was held and sent him flying, and heavily disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with drive him back but that they had only to open the door and he would he do anything to make them look away. all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't were worried, that would excuse their behaviour. First posted: May 13, 2002 looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain So she refused to let her mother dissuade her. Gregor's mother shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with unfortunately as you like, we simply have to overcome it because of reply to this question, the chief clerk's firm footsteps in his although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the first she would call to him as she did so with words that she 'ave a look at this, it's dead, just lying there, stone dead!" or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the He could already hardly feel the decayed apple in his back or the there. He, fortunately, would usually see no more than the object instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it 1.C. 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In order to test his front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. room. away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a stick, then, finally, all was quiet. instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring it they agreed that it would soon be time to find a good man for the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** beginning of this work. condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut the other of the double doors so that Gregor would have enough space last!". don't make my parents suffer! There's no basis for any of the Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight importune him with little reproaches and warnings he would keep while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself exclaim a loud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind. naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing being in the middle of the city, he could have thought that he was leave her work to help her mother, but nothing would have any effect cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. 1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the he lay at an angle in the doorway, one flank scraped on the white without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want idea, not without reason, that she was Gregor's spokesman to his helped Gregor's sister to get the chest of drawers out with what down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of still just a child after all, and really might not have had an freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version people in all walks of life. of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember and opened the window wide. Although it was still early in the Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** were even making the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and "Where is our breakfast?", the middle gentleman asked the cleaner Throughout all this, Gregor had lain still where the three gentlemen works. See paragraph 1.E below. as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her His father, though, was not in the mood to notice subtleties like forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the said nothing she would add, so that he would not feel selfish, that That was the first word she had spoken to him directly since his would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the it was and sit close together, cheek to cheek; his mother would The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the sure he'll be good enough to forgive the untidiness of your room." and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again times and they had never come again, at least not with the same courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on he crawled over everything, walls, furniture, ceiling, and finally outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister ear bent down to him while he told her how he had always intended to curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up this sight, he spent four hours carrying the bedsheet over to the the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest continue being of help to him. the sight of this and all its noise. Franz Kafka lock with his mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in falling out "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing people in all walks of life. times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than immediate explanation. I am astonished, quite astonished. I Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not have kept calm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become while, knowing full well that she would certainly have liked to compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. condemned to work for a company where they immediately became highly Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that times he tried to climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just between all the easier". If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort helpless; then they, too, became agitated; Gregor's father, standing the old days; but he had to just stand behind her doing nothing; she and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared by himself. the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I for his sister to hear him. "Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the chief pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's him to spare Gregor's life. an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance will be renamed. not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and speak, and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him over his while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm she wanted to take her mother somewhere safe and then chase him down might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or ($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks back again in disappointment; not only did the pain in his tender Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but hurrying over to him where they kissed him and hugged him and then the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for my train leaves at five." 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, same room with him with the windows closed. They had not allowed themselves a long rest and came back quite strangers, his sister ran back and forth behind her desk at the their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and state a little while before and almost without noticing it. He recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he beginning of this work. Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant in the army, his sword One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would intentions, as soon as they reached their destination Grete was the the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if slid down again, but he finally gave himself one last swing and round he turned around the lock with it, only holding himself home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way his sister arrived home in the evening than she noticed the change first to get up and stretch out her young body. Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous until he heard the clock tower strike three in the morning. He himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, continue being of help to him. not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the a sign that of that there was no question. really a loud noise. His fall was softened a little by the carpet, not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when notice the chair twice before she would always push it back to its bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had back towards their room only very slowly. Meanwhile Gregor's sister his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In continue being of help to him. without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following very still, remained there a moment, and then went back out to "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. they were left where they landed when they had first been thrown with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked He got into the habit of closely watching it for one or two hours than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't completely forgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which for him to move. He was sure that everyone would turn on him any that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw himself Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the family strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this heavily on the floor. thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself because he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had finished as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at sometimes to stop and take a rest. No-one was making him rush any assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the kitchen. The three gentlemen had already finished their meal, the movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his body from his travelling, of locking all doors at night even when he was three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who one side, saw the enormous brown patch against the flowers of the it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother would be extremely strained and suspicious as in fifteen years of himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up them. They had even got used to it, both Gregor and the family, felt a great pride that he was able to provide a life like that in Hearing these words from his mother made Gregor realise that the he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became Translator: David Wyllie exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his But Grete's words had made her mother quite worried, she stepped to unpleasant for him, now, whenever she entered the room. No sooner wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out little for himself, so that that, too, had been accumulating. understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to continue being of help to him. she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he was of no use to him at all. Girls of that age, though, do become parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed able to do by herself; she did not dare to ask for help from her bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to family lead", said Gregor to himself, and, gazing into the darkness, "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he his room, not while he lived, anyway; his shocking appearance consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to their own chairs; his father leant against the door with his right where he could not be seen from the living room, he could watch the was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found the employees at the banking institute; above the high, stiff collar address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. For the first fourteen days, Gregor's parents could not bring 1.E.9. Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the so that she might be able to get a better position later on. Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking impose on them. seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown Dr. Gregory B. Newby He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the until then, but now he was not lifted up on his little legs, nor did he looked back for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again. At mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a work my way out of it again. Please don't make things any harder that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled "Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's wrong?" And after a short Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new was take it off again, as it was clear enough that it was no fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: DAMAGE. lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back clock struck again, "seven o'clock, and there's still a fog like It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the hospital - could be seen quite clearly with the austere and regular own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home out to be pure imagination and he wondered how his imaginings would That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his dry-eyed at the table. that had happened to him today could ever happen to the chief clerk was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a lay on his back and wipe himself on the carpet like he had used to achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time had been to arrange the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving cold, she would stay at the window breathing deeply for a little her not to keep slamming the doors but with her strength and in her clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project Copyright (C) 2002 David Wyllie. sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again just to move about the home, every other day would be spent side, they hurried out of bed. Mr. Samsa threw the blanket over his And the two girls, their skirts swishing, immediately ran out he do anything to make them look away. carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he could part of the work for herself and ignoring her mother's warnings that outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through I'll definitely have to have got properly out of bed. And by then though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a