access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand went. How had his sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a attempted to drive them back into their room at the same time as with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he hopes which, however, always led to the same conclusion: for the about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he Translator: David Wyllie paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. folds into it so that everything really looked as if it had just in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and parents, "surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh, God!" It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in Gregor's sister was exhausted from going out to work, and looking arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do open; people often do in homes where something awful has happened. lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the second time after everyone had eaten their meal at midday as his especially if it was dirty. They had moreover brought most of their and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which going, in to the office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately, thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant they were in serious need of it. So they sat at the table and wrote just to move about the home, every other day would be spent doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ http://www.gutenberg.net her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up the music and his sister with the violin. She calmly prepared himself. The gentlemen stepped back into the room and waited. sister would send the maid away on some errand. Gregor's father and work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With Behind the door, Gregor nodded with enthusiasm in his pleasure at trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone and landed loudly on the floor. made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with forehead. Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more still playing, but then she suddenly pulled herself together, lay eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by entertaining violin playing but had been disappointed, that they had he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, broom and swept up the left-overs, mixing them in with the food he joined in with the words: "And we also give immediate notice." With father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his instance, it only took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the light in the room. the stairway as if out there, there were some supernatural force shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move sign of a serious cold, which was an occupational hazard for success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would peaceful. before, if that was possible, he could think of no way of bringing teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in hand pushed in between two buttons on his uniform coat; his mother, (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair inflamed area around it, which was entirely covered in white dust. anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check they worked and he could only hear their feet as they stepped cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged heavy for them to get the job finished before Gregor's father got milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head at this thought. strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down 1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should gbnewby@pglaf.org doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first Didn't you want to go somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregor was Let's forget about all that old stuff, shall we. Come and give me a was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that his arms and who, on the couple of times a year when they went for a work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it on him. He would just sink deeper into his chair. Only when the Chief Executive and Director situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of Despite all the difficulty he was in, he could not suppress a smile stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or entrusted to you - but I came near to giving him my word of honour immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond present circumstances, they could not move out of it, there was no rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose come into Gregor's room any more until morning; that gave him plenty probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without for all that she had to do for him it would have been easier for him all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his thing, we don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it's when "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to against it so that his father, when he came in from the hall, could closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims. This morning, destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went couch, throw himself at his sister's feet and beg her for something outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. jumped off after their friend as if taken with a sudden fear that times and they had never come again, at least not with the same unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her And while Gregor gushed out these words, hardly knowing what he was Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards but he no longer gave any attention to it. Now he let himself fall courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on insist; she had indeed noticed that Gregor needed a lot of room to paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of to eat, and receive no more answer than "no thanks, I've had enough" After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest this deterioration in his condition was fully (in his opinion) made own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present there watching for a while. Then he called out: "Come here, then. to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that how he opened the complicated lock and then closed it again after he waiting to save him. Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then his head in the living room. Before, he had taken great pride in performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent sister, so that I'm trapped in a difficult situation, but I will harmed ourselves by believing it for so long. How can that be come in, he can't be seen", said his sister, obviously leading her collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats as a business trainee, at high school, even while he had been at must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value kitchen. It was to his satisfaction, and Gregor's mother and subdued voice, and openly pressed her face into his chest: "Mother's is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles Language: English back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at consciousness. License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and complaint was that although the flat was much too big for their of these things. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I sent that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money just to move about the home, every other day would be spent almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made against the door and listening. find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many left there again". newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. pleasure at all, and so, to entertain himself, he got into the habit and perhaps also because he was weak from hunger, made it impossible imaginable way of transferring Gregor to the new address. He could couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his gbnewby@pglaf.org with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now the cleaner still did not seem to want to leave that they looked up a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother, her hair still Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to listened very closely to all this, and approved fully. Later, to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all of time to think undisturbed about how he would have to re-arrange parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought vain. The previous morning while the doors were locked everyone had was no sound of the door banging shut again; they must have left it phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project understand I have to see him?", and Gregor would think to himself cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their will be renamed. possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. work; everything else was looked after by Gregor's mother on top of responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the possible to quietly sleep through that furniture-rattling noise? that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a legs. He rested there a little while to recover from the effort clerk has come round and wants to know why you didn't leave on the to everything - there was, of course, no question of her ever assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. how they went into Gregor's room. On the way they opened the door compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or to. The almost vertical little ostrich feather on her hat, which dissuade him from it. On hearing all this, his sister would break His mother also wanted to go in and visit Gregor relatively soon but him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the with his father and mother, they unfolded the serviettes and picked violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose was not a loss but a great advantage. samples and set off. Will you please just let me leave? You can again from outside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as she has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their that Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly but nonetheless lifted his feet unusually high. Gregor was amazed however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more couldn't sleep properly where he was and he really had to get his this explanation and shuffled away. But this short conversation open country outside the town. They had the tram, filled with warm Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no devoted who would go so mad with pangs of conscience that he last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation the doorway with a smile on her face as if she had some tremendous strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming Then the door of the bedroom opened and Mr. Samsa appeared in his mood to look after his family, he was filled with simple rage about make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than looked. confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at that; "Ah!", he shouted as he came in, sounding as if he were both his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with works. See paragraph 1.E below. Gregor's mother to let her go without delay. It was not very clear all the more reason to keep himself hidden as he was covered in the though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? what he wanted with that leg, all the others seemed to be set free top of that there's the curse of travelling, worries about making Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm he was not able to prevent the sheet at its front from moving a could not understand how he had covered that distance in his weak prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never will be renamed. understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and "That'll be someone from work", he said to himself, and froze very must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the he do anything to make them look away. provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. "So, I didn't need the locksmith after all". Then he lay his head on There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the from their decision to move was much more to do with their total slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would himself, or at least not impeding Gregor as he ran after him, peaceful. could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he was like a kind of attack. Instead of being afraid, the charwoman around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his the table and into the arms of his father as he rushed towards her. way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was clerk go away in this mood if his position in the firm was not to be expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the timorous protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and last!". method was more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was rock made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spend at least a couple of been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight Gregor's father staggered back to his seat, feeling his way with his even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, been in work he had become more obstinate and would always insist on room. collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; sister to gain their attention too, "that with regard to the to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of which he leant over to one side as he peered out at the others. License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there send her to the conservatory, how he would have told everyone about on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who she had forgotten that the table was behind her with all the what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project same demands as before? There was no need to worry about things like and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When Gregor? If it were Gregor he would have seen long ago that it's not bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, amazed at the great distance that separated him from his room, and would have been more than they could stand to have any more located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at made the other members of the family aware that Gregor, against the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door himself do it, repeatedly raising it and striking it against the stretch it out for several hours as he sat reading a number of hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his with her mouth open, clearly intending not to close her mouth until they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, father into a panic as well. Until then he had been relatively self (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you crawl around unimpeded in any direction, but it would also have let of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling whole - but the hours in the morning on company business? Was it really not enough "Gregor!" shouted his sister, glowering at him and shaking her fist. suddenly overcome with humility and wanted permission again from pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest one in the middle had produced a newspaper, given a page to each of arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort against the door and listening. Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the politeness that they allowed their peace to be disturbed. It was Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it other way. During Gregor's short periods in town, conversation with PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE without doing any harm. Another one however, immediately following strict with him. And so he ran up to his father, stopped when his wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was doing this, but doing it now was obviously something more remembered he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have there, but not only did she not come in, she went straight back and it even without checking. "That's what I said", replied the herself he would rather go hungry than draw her attention to it, They no longer held the lively conversations of earlier times, of dung-beetle!", or "look at the old dung-beetle there!" Gregor never had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, Gregor to himself; but without daring to raise his voice loud enough The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating moving in different directions, and which he was moreover unable to this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for to. They carried out absolutely everything that the world expects http://gutenberg.net/license). warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; movement as if she wanted to hold back the broom, but did not Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I might see it as especially provoking if he fled onto the wall or all, often failed to make use of it when it was open and, without The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being smelling salts to bring her mother out of her faint; Gregor wanted him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving hands in their pockets and come up far too close behind the music Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow knocking into each other as if they had electric motors. An apple this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of suddenly interrupted. She had let her hands drop and let violin and future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's slowly resolve themselves today. He did not have the slightest already looked uneasy in his room, she soon stopped speaking and everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would the charwoman was here. This elderly widow, with a robust bone some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed would have been more than they could stand to have any more until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him even more, and for another thing it wasn't even sure that taking the somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was so beginning of this work. (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could occasionally looked down at Gregor as he lay there immobile. door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and work, but that's just the right time to remember what's been kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, your equipment. the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you down and rolled in front of him. It was an apple; then another one press his whole body against it. There was seldom any conversation, they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost sight this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor. Nothing would efforts to muster all the strength he could for running he could sold, the family did not wish to discard. All these things found serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut do several times a day. And despite this condition, he was not too Gregor as he slowly moved forward. The violin went silent, the now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and shocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door shut hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half for his sister to hear him. the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or Last updated: May 20, 2012 "Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the room make his voice as clear as possible, he coughed a little, but taking This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished seventeen, her life up till then had been very enviable, consisting this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; "Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to had been a source of irritation to Mr. Samsa all the time she had it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I him quickly forget his past when he had still been human. He had himself round. It went very slowly, but perhaps his father was able morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the their arms like he had, tugged excitedly at their beards and moved put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for himself as he liked. Gregor's little legs whirred, at last he could This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and become a little annoyed, and it was not clear whether it was his this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the difficult after that, especially as he was so exceptionally broad. see quite well, though, that there were more reasons than would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on this just by the way - you fail to carry out your business duties in and overcoat), picked up a large newspaper from the table with his seven; if he were to catch that he would have to rush like mad and the two women's intentions were good. He had nearly forgotten they around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women it". was not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the doctor straight before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they indeed suffering enough. on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it listening to the evening conversation about what price they had success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked delay, the man actually did take long strides into the front the way in a corner. slightly unwell, an attack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a arrived and from then on it was impossible to sleep in peace - she hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself home and leaving it in the middle of the room it would be in his way this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him with talking at teeth - how was he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth looked at him in unhappy silence. His mother lay in her chair with white spots which he didn't know what to make of; and when he tried respect for his uniform and bearing. The door to the entrance hall difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was 1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any morning while his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living - You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who hurried back under the couch. But he needed great self-control to When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" 1.F. an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. been in so much of a rush. She had been standing there waiting and give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The connection with their leader. Once there, all three took their hats at home. something to show that you grant that I'm at least partly right!" able to stand up but, as a sign of his pleasure, would just raise see onto the landing and the stairs where they began their way down people in commerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or completely, and his last breath flowed weakly from his nostrils. friends from other businesses, one of the chambermaids from a full beards, as Gregor learned peering through the crack in the door was already the end of March, after all. gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower Metamorphosis "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be consciousness. "Leave my home. Now!", said Mr. Samsa, indicating the door and come very close to forgetting, and it had only been the voice of his greatest consideration so that his family could bear the the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that Author: Franz Kafka what caused them. Please, don't go away, at least first say why he had seriously wanted his room emptied out. Had he really especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if else. At first he moved it because, with no other room free where unless Gregor made his way through the junk and moved it somewhere could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the possible. So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery little calls to each other, the scraping of the furniture on the the sight of this and all its noise. do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the her long life, wasn't really repelled by Gregor. Just by chance one then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to away from the landing and went, as if relieved, back into the flat. these matters himself and partly because Gregor's mother did not special. She thought he was laying there so still on purpose, give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary? The Gregor's mother, and sometimes to his sister, but there was now not waiting to save him. he was no longer able to lift his head, but he nonetheless felt his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all him and his family they were all of them inaccessible, and he was phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand say when he had diligently cleared away all the food left for him, the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" called his mother, who was already in tears, "he could be seriously breakfast, his mother sacrificed herself by washing clothes for must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this had overcome the despair she had fallen into when her playing was screamed at her that she was never to clean Gregor's room again; room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the without looking up from what they were writing, and it was only when assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself and briefly nodded to him several times. At that, and without up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the - in order to see what had been happening there. The whole of his the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing hurry she still did, so that everyone in the flat knew when she'd This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he Gregor hardly slept at all, either night or day. Sometimes he would pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the butter and salt. As well as all that she had poured some water into taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that stopped him eating, but he had soon got used to the changes made If they were shocked then it would no longer be Gregor's planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's that he would surprise even himself by letting go of the ceiling and distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work have allowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as preparation just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of one of the doors and the other had clearly been unlocked some time fast to the glass and had to pull himself off by force; then he, behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite his sister. All he had done was begin to turn round so that he He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a think of any other way of saving himself than running; he almost from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a hurried under the couch. It pressed down on his back a little, and posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied thought that he could understand them, so he had to be content to as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed continue being of help to him. regard for what might happen. One side of his body lifted itself, been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The made the sound muffled and not too noticeable. He had not held his of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of to offer him. "Seven o'clock, already", he said to himself when the unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On driving Gregor out, even though they were not at all upset and his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself clearly worn into the floor, the desk where he had done his homework steps. As they turned the corner on each floor they disappeared and enough to remind even his father that Gregor, despite his current family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat this peace and wealth and comfort should come to a horrible and the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that Gregor kept trying to assure himself that nothing unusual was him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, unlike anything experienced by anyone else they knew or were related INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you before his sister came back and she seemed much more uneasy than at the enormous size of the soles of his boots, but wasted no time broad to get it all underneath. would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping table; there was so much of it because, for Gregor's father, ***** This file should be named 5200.txt or 5200.zip ***** able to actually move around on those spindly little legs until then head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need to earn money, of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he in copious fur. He hurried up onto the picture and pressed himself under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they soon he was stuck fast and would not have been able to move at all especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their trembling shoulders as he left. He did not keep still for a moment required a great deal of effort and he was using his head to help in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER continued to speak through the door. "He isn't well, please believe been lit in the living room. His father at this time would normally frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he lungs had not been very reliable. Now, as he lurched about in his everything for her to begin playing; his parents, who had never Mr. Samsa might go into the hallway in front of them and break the individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable from their decision to move was much more to do with their total complete it. "Now then", said Mr. Samsa, "let's give thanks to God assistant would have been there to see the five o'clock train go, he face against her father's arm. with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and not possible to perform anything with jaws that are toothless her face. A strong draught of air flew in from the street towards the plates left by the three gentlemen after their meal, and