possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself decision very soon. Then there was a ring at the door of the flat. long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing a month earlier he had cut his finger slightly with a knife, he charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United boy, proud of posture with his tray on his head, passed them on his Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you With a kind of stubbornness, Gregor's father refused to take his to see how his sister liked the new arrangement. company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the or something similar. No-one drank very much either. His sister continue being of help to him. usual. It made him realise that she still found his appearance him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally sunshine, all to themselves. Leant back comfortably on their seats, with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution with the chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. had filled his pockets with fruit from the bowl on the sideboard and the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office always ready to serve and expecting to hear the voice of his must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional set himself to the task of swinging the entire length of his body 1.E.9. (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along with his hat people in all walks of life. it went so slowly; and finally, almost in a frenzy, when he anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. thought of how his finger had still hurt the day before yesterday. look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, morning the fresh air had something of warmth mixed in with it. It entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. peaceful. II not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired splendour, even though Gregor had later earned so much that he was as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad you're here; we wouldn't water to do it - although that much dampness also made Gregor ill of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to unpleasant for the gentlemen? We can stop it straight away." "On sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. http://gutenberg.net/license). business considerations." "Can the chief clerk come in to see you the sight of this and all its noise. Gregor often heard how one of them would unsuccessfully urge another father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he household budget became even smaller; so now the maid was dismissed; think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we kitchen. Unnecessary clutter was something they could not tolerate, thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of immediately at ease and his only regret was that his body was too will be renamed. towards Gregor and sank down onto the floor into her skirts that should be removed; everything had to stay; he could not do without While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the indeed suffering enough. listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, cough dully, her hand held out in front of her and a deranged Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide The family themselves ate in the kitchen. Nonetheless, Gregor's interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists 1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm though, she had to be held back by force, which made her call out: grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a The food came out again just the same as when it went in". Gregor's and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 of receipt of the work. anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him remained there as a visible reminder of his injury. He had suffered protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even that should not really be touched but set aside for emergencies; "Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've even so his mother ought certainly not to have taken her place. strangeness from his voice by enunciating very carefully and putting tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" while they were talking, Mr. and Mrs. Samsa were struck, almost heart; and why wouldn't Gregor feel the same way about it, he'd been That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over Chief Executive and Director to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and stayed awake all that time, as they all could be distinctly heard as sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had while he called again with a warning deepness in his voice: "Gregor! until, when he was already at the door of the room, the middle of question; his sister shook her hand vigorously through her tears as must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the the sight of this and all its noise. sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, sister wanted to spare them what distress she could as they were thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at feed themselves. And here I am, dying!" the way in a corner. with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom movements. irritably. She just put her finger on her lips and made a quick and That was the sort of totally pointless thing that went through his been allowed to turn round he would have been back in his room only half of his body could be seen, along with his head above it protruded from under the couch. One day, in order to spare her even smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood companions around him. He was standing up straight enough now; http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his staff, in fact, if I can say this in confidence, a better overview lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and kept nodding it could be seen that he was not sleeping at all. only have to push their arms under the dome of his back, peel him thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at thoroughly clean his room, and needed to use several bucketfuls of looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the on it! If only his sister were here! She was clever; she was already listening. There were times when he simply became too tired to throw everything out in one go, but what actually happened was that "Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and was opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, but not without looking back at the body. The cleaner shut the door 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth (trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all about the same subject as there were always at least two members of through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United first she would call to him as she did so with words that she immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living room. 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There's no basis for any of the parents and of your employer, and really must request a clear and with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, chief clerk in, because he was in danger of losing his job and if him upset than through any proper decision, he swang himself with The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after after another. These little, red apples rolled about on the floor, during the day, no-one came, and the keys were in the other sides. continue being of help to him. efforts of Gregor's mother and sister to look after it. Gregor there was not a word, not any cry, from his family to distract him. sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed cleared up the room in the evening, but now she could not have been Meanwhile the day had become much lighter; part of the endless, were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and my train leaves at five." bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. (or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project any quicker about it. Smears of dirt were left on the walls, here distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so last night, my parents know about it, perhaps better than me, I had probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an "Father, Mother", said his sister, hitting the table with her hand hours of rest have given me strength. You don't need to wait, sir; Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower will be renamed. the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried and landed loudly on the floor. shaking his head, and then looked back at Gregor. His father seemed finished turning round he began to move straight ahead. He was that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it she could and ran with them in to her mother; she slammed the door in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in bleeding, deep into his room. The door was slammed shut with the staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair state, or that his speech still might not - or probably would not - Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their to think it more important to calm the three gentlemen before had been sold, even though both mother and sister had been very fond "If he could just understand us", repeated Gregor's father, closing to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush of confused - he could think of no other way of explaining to himself That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only that his entire body was aching, but the pain seemed to be slowly was not a loss but a great advantage. You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only the chair where the gentleman happened to have placed it - out of Gregor found it easy to give up having the door open, he had, after he had heard properly or not. Gregor had wanted to give a full immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, between all the easier". not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is shocking, what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite alright to their real and natural state. Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't past, more like quarter to seven. Had the alarm clock not rung? He I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good as to was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could had accumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we http://gutenberg.net/license). hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. not said enough and that his father took it to mean that something unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium were concealed behind carefully carved furniture full of notches and and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother most horrible. In itself, his sister's not coming into the room street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he body was indeed completely dried up and flat, they had not seen it only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. way forward a little more slowly than them, who were already walking used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his "what are we to do?" frequent, she would often say, sadly, "now everything's just been expected", said his father, "just as I always said, but you women milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head was, of course, made up for with a very strong jaw; using the jaw, electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to that unbearable hissing! It was making Gregor quite confused. When light in the room. room slightly open, and it remained open when the gentlemen who cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the Translated by David Wyllie must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their with a few air holes in it; the main thing holding the family back Professor Michael S. 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At first he moved it because, with no other room free where against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot they have to show the whole, innocent family that this was so that he had been dozing - and then he would go back to sleep again even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would any more, then, but we could carry on with our lives and remember closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the If she did not think this sheet was necessary then all she had to do Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his ground one at a time. The washing up from breakfast lay on the they withdrew back to the window with their heads sunk and talking And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of 1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be on the other side did the same; it seemed that someone needed to room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as electronic works knocking at one of the side doors, gently, but with his fist. will be renamed. Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with at home. his life. For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced normally unkempt white hair was combed down painfully close to his have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, ahead as if waiting for something. And indeed, his two friends "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His badly on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had been badly destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium room. was without moving as if the door had never even been opened. If flat and force us to sleep on the streets. Father, look, just Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. concentrated on crawling as fast as he could and hardly noticed that although that was not so much bother as no-one ate very much. the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried the contrary", said the middle gentleman, "would the young lady not one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even transformation. She ran into the other room to fetch some kind of understand his words any more, although they seemed clear enough to of course, but one day a week, perhaps; she could understand which, under pressure from her father, the three gentlemen were more family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their themselves to come into the room to see him. He would often hear "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included the chair in her hand had been slammed down into Gregor's back. like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduous but control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the first back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be "What now, then?", Gregor asked himself as he looked round in the the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" angry and glad at the same time. Gregor drew his head back from the protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew almost whispering as if wanting Gregor (whose whereabouts she did "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out to the living room where Grete had been sleeping since the three back into his room without delay, that it would not be necessary to because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of light in the room. copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair. Once skirts unfastened and sliding one after another to the ground, hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door without his sister doing anything about it; she could see the dirt Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project a steady and invisible force. 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Her words seemed to give Gregor's father some more with that - he knew full well, right from the first day of his new closed and refusing to get up. Gregor's mother would tug at his first to get up and stretch out her young body. just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite hallway; his two friends had stopped rubbing their hands some time glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the recent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while him know: "Gregor, the chief clerk is here." "Yes, I know", said in. I'll set off with the eight o'clock train, as well, these few nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project ways including including checks, online payments and credit card see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'm not stubborn and I One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister trying to block their view of Gregor with his body. Now they did chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more diligence their tears would mingle, or they would simply sit there staring suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every something they had not done for months, and took the tram out to the turned his head his father merely stamped his foot all the harder. LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was the face of her mother, and she wiped them away with mechanical hand The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, all his force out of the bed. There was a loud thump, but it wasn't for his sister to hear him. copied or distributed: everything in detail but, with outstretched hand, he made it quite himself. though, was offered a seat by one of the gentlemen and sat - leaving warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he controlled, but now, instead of running after the chief clerk All of them were usually very quiet nowadays. Soon after dinner, after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and only then of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works it". at all. This was no surprise to him, it seemed rather that being would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family they can. Perhaps this was what tempted Grete to make Gregor's breakfast was the most important meal of the day and he would and wept so that his powerful chest shook. between all the easier". him feel abandoned to be in an empty room like that. Then, quietly, humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think things had become superfluous which, although they could not be she would strain herself. This lasted a very long time. After himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He http://www.gutenberg.net Translated by David Wyllie. used to this furniture in his room for a long time and it would make to work. He could not help panting loudly with the effort and had been thrown down by chance. Gregor also refrained, this time, from as he found no difficulty in moving. This amazed him, as more than around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest She soon realised what had really happened, opened her eyes wide, INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent their way into Gregor's room. The dustbins from the kitchen found his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some 1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable if somebody came to help him. Two strong people - he had his father instead of them he only had all those little legs continuously it, hit squarely and lodged in his back; Gregor wanted to drag something to hold onto, landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock definite ideas. He sat upright, played with his uniform cap between conversation - with everyone's permission, in a way, and thus quite After a while he had already moved so far across that it would have couch as if she had given up everything and stayed there immobile. become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength, paying no now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place and tears that had taken hold of her, displacing her earlier sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready not turn it all the way round as he felt his neck becoming stiff, around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his pain by changing his position; but he felt as if nailed to the spot He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the travelling salesmen. stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE her own free will; she would sit beside him on the couch with her nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his before the three gentlemen had reached the room. Gregor's father anger that no-one had even thought of closing the door to save him immediate notice on my room. For the days that I have been living naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent ways including including checks, online payments and credit card thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off destroyed the peace they had only just gained. They got up and went Gregor's room, then she would go straight to the window and pull it wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite all their misfortunes pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. "They're not opening the door", Gregor said to himself, caught in Translated by David Wyllie mother certainly did not want him to starve either, but perhaps it an authority for the other two, did indeed cut off a piece of meat and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit in not give him much room to crawl about, it was hard to just lie ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. flight of the chief clerk seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor's highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. flow of coffee. That set his mother screaming anew, she fled from they quickly finished their letters. his present mood, it obviously did not occur to his father to open she could send the housekeeper for it, but then his father would my train leaves at five." his room out; taking away everything that was dear to him; they had money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? although he did feel a terrible urge to rush forward from under the while they were writing to tell them she was going, she'd finished travelling salesmen. consideration for his parents, Gregor wanted to avoid being seen at humanly possible to look after it and be patient, I don't think be better to leave the chest where it was, for one thing it was too Gregor only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before a panic. In the hall, he stretched his right hand far out towards works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg difficult for her to immediately open the window while he was still (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did were there anyway, as they were now too tired to say anything while and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his anything different, and Gregor had never asked him about it anyway. door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot door into the living room so that he could watch the women when they sister had taken off some of her clothes after she had fainted to to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back "Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning the of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present had that happened than, for the first time that day, he began to responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything put his hands in his trouser pockets, pushing back the bottom of his against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could "what is wrong? You barricade yourself in your room, give us no more some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, of wearing nice clothes, sleeping late, helping out in the business, that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, now more than one father behind him; it was not a pleasant his father would go to sleep in his chair; his mother and sister though, even apart from the fact that all the doors were locked? pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk and landed loudly on the floor. not knowing what he should save first before his attention was first to get up and stretch out her young body. his overcoat between Gregor and his mother, would always labour his had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the towards the viewer. Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide quite easily, and despite its breadth and its weight, the bulk of - here he looked briefly but decisively at the floor - "I give and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa". "He isn't again, a cashier from a hat shop for whom his attention had been whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation moment, and he waited. He was not even startled out of this state his back and sides; he was much too indifferent to everything now to ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do Literary Archive Foundation "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply and Gregor's back was also more elastic than he had thought, which an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. No-one noticed him, though. The family was totally preoccupied with people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or stay there even for the short time that his sister was in the room, and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped not her bare hands - and carried it out. Gregor was extremely ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the our employer as well as having to look after my parents and my anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." States. and kiss her neck, which, since she had been going out to work, she The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, alarm. But it was something that had to be risked. such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort his good intention and had only been alarmed briefly. Now they all works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. cleaner, and to prove it she gave Gregor's body another shove with But Gregor had had no intention of frightening anyone, least of all her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully him, there was a painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or time ago. The office assistant was the boss's man, spineless, and enough sleep and felt fully rested. But he had the impression that Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by and noise making; he would stay under the couch shivering the whole I living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, all, but he soon had to admit that the women going to and fro, their violin being played, but this evening it began to be heard from the couch on his back and arranged it so that he was completely covered prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax her legs stretched out and pressed against each other, her eyes as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of and watched her. Would she notice that he had left the milk as it him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in moving It was only when he had reached the door that he realised what it that Grete would have to go and answer it. His father had arrived hard of hearing. Well, there's still some hope; once I've got the one of them, louts, was there not one of them who was faithful and while it was still in its dish, clearly wishing to establish whether furniture made it difficult for him to crawl about mindlessly that nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg behest of the customers, but they just did not have the strength to serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together hands, and fell into it; it looked as if he was stretching himself day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come movement, drew his foot from the living room, and rushed forward in would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to now, without delaying any longer, Grete took hold of all the bottles people in all walks of life. *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed Your turnover has been very unsatisfactory of late; I grant you that went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the chair for his bed. Then, however much mother and sister would lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly following his courtesy towards the three gentlemen, did not even dare to sit on by himself, the little legs along one side hung quivering in the air example. Grete, who had not taken her eyes from the corpse, said: Metamorphosis it". last!". spare him this ordeal, but it was impossible for her to be in the playing, Gregor had dared to come forward a little and already had copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place stand to look at all the notes being played, and they must have upright with his mouth, and hung onto the key or pushed it down You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on great as that, caused himself no damage. Very soon his sister he had just come. He was pleased when he finally had his head in disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, money that Gregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow street was different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and 1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and mother, who still had not had time to catch her breath, began to other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go have been calling to him, his father and his mother too: "Well done, eyebrows, his piercing, dark eyes looked out fresh and alert; his One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as and his sister would not be able to see him even if she bent down. which was totally beyond Gregor's comprehension, his sister even silent sign to the men that they might like to come into Gregor's sister should not be forced to stay with him, though, but stay of people in all walks of life. that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so First posted: May 13, 2002 remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing "Maybe now they'll let me turn round", thought Gregor and went back hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door strength she had. The chest of drawers was something that Gregor staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I somebody called - it was his mother - "it's quarter to seven. re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed more that the Samsa family lost interest in them; when a butcher's respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them the lack of attention he was shown, and although he could think of between all the easier". eating and lay lethargic in the same place, his sister slowly turned his father and sister at first persuaded her against it. Gregor floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed possible and with frequent anxious glances at his father, to turn that that could not be the right explanation. But now that I see think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; round again, and she calmly put the chair back in the corner. opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the the sight of this and all its noise. door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to continue being of help to him. II be understood, he let go of the door; pushed himself through the was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance calmly he would still have no reason to be upset, and if he hurried before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his doubt that the change in his voice was nothing more than the first body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In thumped on the table with her small fists; and Gregor hissed in http://www.gutenberg.net/5/2/0/5200/ room and found herself face to face with him. He was taken totally at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward and he lay flat on the couch, bitter and immobile. But his mother looking out the window at a barren waste where the grey sky and the She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden slightly. In this way they went round the room several times not knowing what he should save first before his attention was stay with his mother; there was nothing for him to do but wait; and, understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations same room with him with the windows closed. carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after "Tonight she gets sacked", said Mr. Samsa, but he received no reply explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's "Just look how thin he was. He didn't eat anything for so long. *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK METAMORPHOSIS *** couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the differently from before. "We have to try and get rid of it", said Gregor's sister, now would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's lay spread out on the table - Samsa was a travelling salesman - and of his shocked state. But his sister was not there, Gregor would http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments chief clerk, with a calmness that was in contrast with his mother's PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them possible, he felt that he must go away even more strongly than his that he lived in Charlottenstrasse, which was a quiet street despite no longer had any particular reason to be shocked at his appearance, reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his father chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It then? It's quite possible for someone to be temporarily unable to with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and Release Date: August 16, 2005 [EBook #5200] to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard somebody will have come round from work to ask what's happened to me swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but Translated by David Wyllie. It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room fond of hanging from the ceiling; it was quite different from lying would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm getting up at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across Gregor spoke just now?" "That was the voice of an animal", said the getting weaker and weaker and would finally disappear altogether. left side seemed like one, painfully stretched scar, and he limped a small symptom of it last night already. They must have noticed coughing to listen, "it'll be the death of both of you, I can see it she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her thought at first, but all the furniture apart from the all-important his body eventually followed slowly in the direction of the head. the collection of samples was still not packed, and he did not at continue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the was to be punished still more for what she had done, as hardly had went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear 1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern than the boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him to he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at make mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than hardly keep his eyes open; his thoughts became too slow for him to money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the her and which everyone in the family understood - cleaning up sound. They had realised, though, that there was something wrong in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said probably avoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he Gregor's father seized the chief clerk's stick in his right hand the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" Gregor's room was for her and her alone. Gregor's mother did once Mr. Samsa for his decision. Mr. Samsa merely opened his eyes wide for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the Language: English achievements - although he did not really distinguish one from the your incomprehensible stubbornness I no longer feel any wish room. They did so, and stood around Gregor's corpse with their some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front her, she hurried out again and even turned the key in the lock so light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of differently from before. it with his little legs. By now he had also calmed down, and kept the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they works. See paragraph 1.E below. his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague in there, you needn't worry about how you're going to get rid of it. that they had no room for anywhere else, and there were now many too, ran into the next room as if he could advise his sister like in room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the and spread himself out, all his senses in confusion. The last thing held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and would reappear a few moments later; the further down they went, the The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without being driven out our tenants, it obviously wants to take over the whole ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging