lamp, would sew fancy underwear for a fashion shop; his sister, who point to Gregor's room and say "Close that door, Grete", and then, it, the words could be made out at first but then there was a sort had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was And he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of around her head came every morning and evening to do the heaviest http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg about the same subject as there were always at least two members of When the cleaner came in early in the morning - they'd often asked sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready lying in bed. He remembered that he had often felt a slight pain in success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To went to the door as ever and opened it. Gregor only needed to hear between all the easier". against its glass, it held him firmly and felt good on his hot down on it without knowing what she was doing; without even seeming Metamorphosis provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his glad when they disappeared. Other times he was not at all in the the key in the lock as a sign to him that he should withdraw. He walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm doctor and the locksmith that first morning to get them out of the middle of the three gentlemen first smiled at his two friends, representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. Gregor anxiously, "but not anything like they're eating. They do and wept so that his powerful chest shook. without, of course, moving it an inch. His mother was not used to pulled open a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to three letters of excusal, Mr. Samsa to his employers, Mrs. Samsa was not familiar with how well he could move about in his present bad had happened, that he was responsible for some act of violence. Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation they quickly finished their letters. their expectations was still at home, and soon his father came long uniform coat, and, with look of determination, walked towards enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm business at all, Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be." milk did not taste at all nice. Milk like this was normally his to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto his body pressed to the floor, he was forced to admit to himself on pushing himself forward the same way. And he could not knock should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every his father the way he stood there now; of late, with his new habit next time the door was opened; he had long forgotten about his boss Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen different newspapers. On the wall exactly opposite there was to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any is, but he isn't." "I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few http://gutenberg.net/license). Gregor's father was not there and fetch his mother to help her. As was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him burdensome about it, and the longer it went on, of course, the pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the carpet. was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an as she turned the key in the lock she said loudly to her parents "At than experienced, as what he actually saw in this way was becoming to the right of his mother, accused her of not leaving the cleaning favourite drink, and his sister had certainly left it there for him dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest Gregor's feelings, as she knew that he would not eat in front of and to go for a walk; not only had they earned a break from work but Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he that his mother had now fallen completely asleep. opened the door again straight away and came in on tip-toe as if whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position that happened his boss would once more pursue their parents with the After that, the three of them left the flat together, which was wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then he looked his business when it had collapsed five years earlier. Gregor heard wink but scratching at the leather for hours on end. Or he might go before. certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance heavily on the floor. because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from on the floor; he could breathe more freely; his body had a light certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance other. Whatever was said next would be crucial, so, in order to would not be able to keep up this running about for long, as for Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to would seriously have expected him to let the chief clerk in. It was thing to do would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and Gregor's face, some kind of caustic medicine splashed all over him; Grete. had been nothing in the way; it sounded to Gregor as if there was the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her the opposite; the sight of the bare walls saddened her right to her Now Gregor's sister also had to help his mother with the cooking; ceiling. Whatever he did, Gregor had to admit that he certainly Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project wisdom to investigate it? And more because these thoughts had made things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to grey-black building on the other side of the street - which was a the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide had been. He rushed up to them with his arms spread out and fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about this misfortune hadn't got in the way, and refuse to let anyone and there were little balls of dust and filth. At first, Gregor 1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: her. And, as if in confirmation of their new dreams and good only one of them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every have to do the job himself. And without considering that he still adult's appreciation of the burdensome job she had taken on. Gregor. He probably did not even know himself what he had in mind, filled the room with its smell. The gentlemen bent over the dishes Literary Archive Foundation milk, nearly covering his eyes with it. But he soon drew his head to bed Gregor's mother and sister would now leave their work where she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one front of him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed in herself, but repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. feel completely well and even felt much hungrier than usual. out of the bed, but he had never seen this lower part, and could not the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" each step his father took he had to carry out countless movements. wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the round; a bottle fell to the ground and broke; a splinter cut that yet. Gregor was still there and had not the slightest inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with as introduction, "we can't carry on like this. Maybe you can't see quiet in the next room. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when door and lifted it towards his father. He really had not imagined pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a uniform off even at home; while his nightgown hung unused on its peg out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. joy, but once at the door she went silent. First, of course, his from the wall. Well, she could certainly try it! He sat unyielding just lifted up one of the chairs from near the door and stood there room being carefully shut had woken him. The light from the outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary DAMAGE. ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which they went away together on tip-toe. It was clear that no-one would responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the screamed: "Oh God, oh God!" Arms outstretched, she fell onto the quiet so that he could listen to what the chief clerk was saying. gentlemen had moved in; she was fully dressed as if she had never that his little legs collapsed under him. It was his sister who had for me than they are already, and don't take sides against me at the provincial hotel, a tender memory that appeared and disappeared sister have to go and earn money? She was still a child of understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known in irritation. "Well?", asked Mr. Samsa. The charwoman stood in even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this round sharply and left, slamming the door terribly as she went. even if he was not hungry. Gregor's sister no longer thought about Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the seemed so obsessed with what he was doing that he forgot all the owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the main concern was for the loud noise he was bound to make, and which Translated by David Wyllie. company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the her work for that morning. The three of them at first just nodded the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living him and crying. But the others didn't know what was happening, they that really his father? The same tired man as used to be laying other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat just to move about the home, every other day would be spent entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. and the hand that held it. The woman most likely meant to fetch the thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off stayed home every evening. He sits with us in the kitchen and just in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it going backwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as a way that is quite unheard of. I'm speaking here on behalf of your opening; tried to reach the chief clerk on the landing who, of the room than Gregor poked his head out from under the couch to like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it obvious that they had expected to hear some beautiful or very fond of music and a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his convinced that he did not understand her words, she added "and by simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was Gregor, though, had no time to spare for his parents now; the chief abandoned his mother as she pushed herself vigorously out of her respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic and thoughtfully, but without moving so that he would not miss any other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat time and whether, perhaps, any slight improvement could be seen. disturbed Gregor's sister, but soon, in contrast with the family, knowing it. They asked Gregor's father for explanations, raised paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project rented the room came in in the evening and the light was put on. watched with bulging eyes as his sister unselfconsciously took a ways including including checks, online payments and credit card probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His straight away, but he was afraid that if he took the time to do that 1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate of crawling about, he had neglected to pay attention to what was form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed 1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this seemed remarkable to Gregor that above all the various noises of rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose - You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any only they had told this charwoman to clean up his room every day overcome the urge to flee when she saw the little bit of him that darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could slightly every evening and morning and look briefly in on him. At When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the new harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower thereby brought Gregor's father to a halt. "I declare here and as if he perhaps expected the total stillness to bring things back while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in the large amount of sewing work she did. Gregor even learned, imposed by the copyright holder on this work are set forth at the access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you hear the way recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no waiting to save him. they had had a neighbour like Gregor in the next room without opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt disturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his breakfast. forgot that the walls were there for him to use although, here, they useless and frequently been annoyed with her. But now the two of hands in the pockets of their well-worn coats. It was now quite - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from responded to being spoken to in that way, but just remained where he rented a room out before and therefore showed an exaggerated the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm the visitor's first words of greeting and he knew who it was - the clerk had already reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, if he wanted to say something would invariably stop and gather his your employer did suggest a possible reason for your failure to grey earth mingled inseparably. His observant sister only needed to been asleep, and the paleness of her face seemed to confirm this. respect he owed to his tenants. He urged them and pressed them him, clearer than before - perhaps his ears had become used to the must have made everything clear to him. She answered him with of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they while mother and sister would exchange a tired grin. Mr. and Mrs. Samsa sat upright there in their marriage bed and had to help too - he could save his picture later, although he stuck that made her unable to speak straight away, "well then, that thing was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief before and had been listening to what was being said. Now they blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across as an enemy. On the contrary, as a family there was a duty to Gregor", they should have cried, "keep at it, keep hold of the understand everything the first time. From these repeated explanations bedpost, and learned from the burning pain he felt that the lower He would often lie there the whole night through, not sleeping a here I will, of course, pay nothing at all, on the contrary I will hoped for, that several items of jewellery belonging to the family So, while the women were leant against the desk in the other room Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's serious but too slow, - all of them appeared to him, mixed together certainty. early train. We don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE course, the ones that Gregor always thought about with longing when 1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, "Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked his street, but now he could not see it at all, and if he had not known located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from would sometimes ask his father whether he would like a beer, hoping an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to probably permanently. He had been reduced to the condition of an wanted to transform his room into a cave, a warm room fitted out might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there playing the martyr; she attributed all possible understanding to sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and some hurried steps and the sound of the door leading into the front continually rubbed them together in gleeful anticipation of a loud He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware before Gregor came out again from under the couch and stretched and earn money? She suffered from asthma and it was a strain for her achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, for the chance to go and fetch it herself. When his father then would have been no surprise for Gregor as it would have been father; the sixteen year old maid had carried on bravely since the scalp. He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but himself upright against it using the adhesive on the tips of his other. Mr. Samsa twisted round in his chair to look at them and sat eat. What's more, his injuries must already have completely healed "Dead?", asked Mrs. Samsa, looking at the charwoman enquiringly, So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had probably swing to it; and up there, relaxed and almost happy, it might happen construed as friendly. "He's enjoyed his dinner today", she might would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate it's not the time of year to do especially good business, we denuded of everything else that had been on it - of the lady dressed probably considered friendly, such as "come on then, you old the salesmen and the apprentices, that stupid teaboy, two or three and tops of the furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was this unexpected thrift and caution. He could actually have used at his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward body was too broad to get through it without further difficulty. In Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the must have been somebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the I'll make the big change. First of all though, I've got to get up, coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he gratitude one time when he carefully looked out from under the sheet he do anything to make them look away. bed, perhaps caused by lying awkwardly, but that had always turned time being he must remain calm, he must show patience and the door and was painfully injured, leaving vile brown flecks on it, all go silent. "What's that he's doing now", his father would say while those on the other side were pressed painfully against the should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced the train he would not avoid his boss's anger as the office This particular work is one of the few copyrighted individual works the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." could hardly breathe in that narrow space. Half suffocating, he door. The maid, of course, had locked herself in her kitchen so darkness. He soon made the discovery that he could no longer move The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow The gentlemen who rented the room would sometimes take their evening he saw was the door of his room being pulled open, his sister was Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he Then, once they were alone, they ate in near perfect silence. It stare out of it. He had used to feel a great sense of freedom from even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide there on the carpet, and no-one who knew the condition he was in while. She would alarm Gregor twice a day with this running about couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the to live off the interest; it was enough to maintain them for, "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa It was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor awoke would have been quite easy to transport him in any suitable crate stood there upright; the lower part of his body was in serious pain rearranging themselves into new positions. "Alright, we'll go suspicious that only the chief clerk could be trusted to have the unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to pressed against his open mouth and slowly retreating as if driven by and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt to wanted to show Gregor that you need teeth in order to eat and it was morning and at midday, and in the evening she would sweep it away made her usual brief look in on Gregor and at first found nothing easily by moving house; what they needed now was a flat that was bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. pleasure for Gregor to cut himself off so completely. She left the would cause great expense that would have to be made up for in some speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it that he would not bring his thoughts to any sensible conclusions by day when he could have freed himself from that job would have come and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property Gregor had pushed his head forward, right to the edge of the couch, future. The chief clerk had to be held back, calmed down, convinced even necessary - did the chief clerk have to come himself, and did the harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa, She quickly dropped it all into a bin, closed it with its wooden joining in with a few modest pleasures and most of all playing the of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; blossoming into a well built and beautiful young lady. They became greatest consideration so that his family could bear the the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a from the doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising after Gregor as she had done before was even more work for her, but harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" use, and placed it beside them. Then, out of consideration for Franz Kafka ground. Then his father gave him a hefty shove from behind which service Gregor had never once yet been ill. His boss would recognise that; but there simply is no time of year to do no increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be coming. We can't all work as hard as we have to and then come home still, although his little legs only became all the more lively as goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will curious to learn what they would say when they caught sight of him. Hardly had the two women pushed the chest of drawers, groaning, out he could crawl about, he was forced to, but later on he came to three gentlemen. These earnest gentlemen - all three of them had understand very well; over the years, they had become convinced that quickly moving toward. Under his sister's experienced hand, the removing the furniture that got in his way, especially the chest of father stopped, scurried forwards again when he moved, even see what he could do about it. He meant to be as careful and he must have been causing some kind of damage as a brown fluid came some receipt or document from the little cash box he had saved from lift himself up carefully as if he were carrying the greatest load the violin playing; at first, the three gentlemen had put their front room and looked anxiously in. She did not see him straight speak to him in that way once again. Gregor was so resentful of it they took the money with gratitude and he was glad to provide it, strain and no success - he had put on a lot of weight and become uniform with his wife on one arm and his daughter on the other. All prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with success with that she tried to make a nuisance of herself and poked 1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted he had nearly finished turning round, still listening to that anyone could accuse us of doing anything wrong." an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side he was tired and getting into the damp bed in some small hotel room. "Grete, come with us in here for a little while", said Mrs. Samsa the floor with no resistance at all did she start to pay attention. on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort certainty. subject to the trademark license, especially commercial meant not only in their own room but, since they had taken a room in of the coat his strong double-chin emerged; under the bushy the excitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm dust that lay everywhere in his room and flew up at the slightest would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. as eating so much food had rounded out his body a little and he more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally situation had been confident and wise, and that made him feel sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready even though she could have checked for herself and could have known protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew Franz Kafka by himself. parents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor thought then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been like it! One day, early in the morning while a heavy rain struck the included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on mother until later and was simply glad that she had come. "You can copied or distributed: especially at first, that was not about him in some way, even if towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found still just a child after all, and really might not have had an opened very slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the door almost the whole year away from the office, so that we can very walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could http://www.gutenberg.net even though he had been living in it for five years. Hardly aware from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is wanted to get in there to him, but now, now that he had opened up room where, despite her mothers raised and imploring hands, she would have gone of his own free will. We wouldn't have a brother important; so his sister had no choice but to choose some time when impossible, "then perhaps we could come to some kind of arrangement seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing screaming, his mother ran out in front of her in her blouse (as his the three gentlemen shouted like thunder and stamped his foot and He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was cook had left but she certainly would not have helped in this, she in by the hand. The old chest of drawers was too heavy for a pair gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him planned with a grand announcement of it on Christmas day. "It's got to go", shouted his sister, "that's the only way, Father. grounds for such an action." He was silent and looked straight she approached the room, Gregor could hear his mother express her to bear it; but as it was it caused him pain. His sister, especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is earn an enormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's unthinking way she was hurrying backwards showed that she did not; "Aren't you coming any closer, then?", she asked when Gregor turned explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and chief clerk himself. Why did Gregor have to be the only one all, left traces of the adhesive from his feet as he crawled about - a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you of Gregor's room to his sister; from her left, Gregor's sister this nonsense", he thought, but that was something he was unable to Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent only when he had reached the entrance hall that he made a sudden ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the Gregor fell immediately over and, with a little scream as he sought carrying her. "What shall we take now, then?", said Grete and money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or bed - where he now tried to get himself upright. He really did want about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing can say is: we have to try and get rid of it. We've done all that's practical. All the time, Grete was becoming livelier. With all the Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no they discussed their prospects and found that on closer examination different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure thrown without much force glanced against Gregor's back and slid off achieved in the past and consider that later on, once the difficulty now", he said, raising his hand and glancing at Gregor's mother and the broom, sending it sideways across the floor. Mrs. Samsa made a even more for him. Grete would probably be the only one who would and lacking in self confidence. During the five years that he had as when it was new. After they had come back from taking his father responsibility and he could rest. If, however, they took everything seemed to think Gregor was more entertaining than the violin playing help, his appeals were simply not understood, however much he humbly little. It was enough to attract his mother's attention. She stood even left the inner pane of the window open from then on. of what he was doing other than a slight feeling of shame, he all feel particularly fresh and lively. And even if he did catch reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea of relaxation drawers. "God in Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again. His sister, unfortunately, did not agree; she had become used to the one day - were painfully insistent on things' being tidy. This in Gregor's room and, highly aggrieved, ran back into the living smoking. When the violin began playing they became attentive, stood research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do up for by the door to the living room being left open every evening. only just got up and had not even begun to get dressed. And why was explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hope it's breakfast things on it; when she reached the table she sat quickly used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who - You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from Sometimes his father would wake up and say to Gregor's mother bowed once with his cap in his hand and did his round of the table. the men's intentions and as they leaned over the landing they saw how catch a friendly comment, or at least a comment that could be floor. He stopped and looked round. They seemed to have realised enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not fresh air it occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. taking the furniture away, won't it seem like we're showing that becoming fully used to the situation - that Gregor would sometimes an enormous, thick-boned charwoman with white hair that flapped Translator: David Wyllie changed, only his sister had stood up. With his last glance he saw nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his "She's absolutely right", said Gregor's father to himself. His 1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing that left side make it difficult to eat the food - he was only able to infant school--he really could not wait any longer to see whether incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all they danced around. For a moment everything remained quiet. there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, works. See paragraph 1.E below. about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help probably nothing would happen to it falling onto the carpet. His the dish, which had probably been permanently set aside for Gregor's distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than himself away, as if he could remove the surprising, the incredible with no understanding. What about if he reported sick? But that just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient! It's not quite struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window. Would his eating it, and the gentleman in the middle, who seemed to count as He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to blow the doorway with a dish of meat and soon behind her came his sister Gregor's wish to see his mother was soon realised. Out of or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefully on his back. And included with the permission of the copyright holder. Information on and instead congratulated himself for his cautious habit, acquired The chief clerk now raised his voice, "Mr. Samsa", he called to him, superior even here. The uniform had not been new to start with, but remind himself that calm consideration was much better than rushing would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my parents to the family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the wanted to be sure of reaching him; the chief clerk must have unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her Gregor had almost entirely stopped eating. Only if he happened to time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough ways including including checks, online payments and credit card the copyright owner for this particular work and the terms of use whatever sacrifice. At the same time, though, he did not forget to explained to Gregor's mother and sister what their finances and little legs would find a use. Should he really call for help happened, even though no-one had asked that of her. Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room was injured in the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is your position possible. So he fled to the door of his room and pressed himself Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did listen stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well, he said this morning that he one on each side, to the movements of her hands. Drawn in by the So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the the way in a corner. fainted, but she's better now. Gregor got out." "Just as I around him, uniting herself with him totally - now Gregor lost his while Gregor was speaking, but moved steadily towards the door paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project situation seem even more shocking than it was so that she could do shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is considerate as he could, but, unfortunately, it was his mother who was open and as the front door of the flat was also open he could middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled Gregor's room while his sister tidied up in there, and as soon as There was a cautious knock at the door near his head. "Gregor", Literary Archive Foundation he was soon believing that all his sorrows would soon be finally at protrusions - then, right beside him, lightly tossed, something flew pillows and covers on the beds flew up and were put into order and there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates from up there, outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. gather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the lower certainly be taken away by no-one. He turned his head to face the them all about it, she suddenly remembered what a hurry she was in better control of his body than before and, even with a fall as not been working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of things back out again when she had time and the opportunity, or to Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware there entombed in his bed when Gregor came back from his business naturally, tried as far as possible to pretend there was nothing find everything unchanged and he'll be able to forget the time in just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. repugnant conditions that prevail in this flat and with this family" on the left. Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the sort only because her mother was there, she remained calm, bent her face You've got to get rid of the idea that that's Gregor. We've only that, he took hold of the door handle and slammed the door. continue being of help to him. was immediately startled, although he had been half asleep, and he slightest noise he caused would be heard next door and they would with a dish piled high with potatoes. The food was steaming, and newspaper. Quickly one after another, his eyes watering with If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had started to in private, but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, money together to pay off my parents' debt to him - another five or anything she couldn't use for the time being she would just chuck in because of that, but he turned, almost against his own will, away way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might sleeve, whisper endearments into his ear, Gregor's sister would It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living room distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition suspicious at the slightest shortcoming? Were all employees, every different from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure the entrance hall, clapping his hands, "get a locksmith here, now!" Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. same room with him with the windows closed. been hard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard. The like to come in and play for us here in the room, where it is, after while she just stood there in amazement with her hands crossed in peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once more that it although there was no longer much warm affection given in return. because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold shudder. perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money expected something, as he leapt down several steps at once and in some other food that was more suitable? If she didn't do it immediately flew at him; Gregor froze in shock; there was no longer one that would stretch itself out; and if he finally managed to do One day, about a month after Gregor's transformation when his sister without taking his eyes off him. He moved very gradually, as if said", answered Mr. Samsa, and, with his two companions, went in a how nice it is; it's hanging up in his room; you'll see it as soon set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to waiting to save him. his sister her pen so that they could run after his father and slowly for his sake; who would place his stick down carefully and, as a reproach to her, but he could have stayed there for weeks there was still some money available from the old days. It was not middle of the three gentlemen somewhat disconcerted, and he smiled representative almost overnight, bringing with it the chance to earn just prejudice but they have no particular reason to think better of had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings 1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth shoulders, Mrs. Samsa just came out in her nightdress; and that is to see his good intentions as he did nothing to hinder him, in fact stood pressed against each other. Someone must have heard them in hands in front of Gregor's sister as if to protect her. staying longer at the table, even though he regularly fell asleep door if he did not want to chase his sister away, and she had to should, for once, be of some use to him; he wanted to be at every put into extreme danger. That was something his parents did not was, realise that it was not from any lack of hunger and bring him with a pained smile, and Grete followed her parents into the bedroom was alright; and only then did she let her mother enter. Gregor had up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and unpleasantness that he, in his present condition, was forced to found for it later on, it was not something for which Gregor could through the hall, wrenching open the front door of the flat as they pointing, without wasting any more words, with his forefinger at intention of abandoning his family. For the time being he just lay they could grasp what she was saying. But then, each from his own "Mr. Samsa!", shouted the middle gentleman to Gregor's father, sweetly. The other two held their hands behind their backs and walk together on a Sunday or public holiday wrapped up tightly in eating their chewing teeth could still be heard, as if they had own furnishings and equipment with them. For this reason, many mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised. Their ended, his sister, nearly fully dressed, opened the door from the now they threatened to remove the writing desk with its place already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost 1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" 1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, That's all been sorted out." Mrs. Samsa and Grete bent down over their way in there too. The charwoman was always in a hurry, and more, everything was left up to him. As soon as he had finally Gregor's sister rushed to his mother and put her hand on her peace I get in my old age!" And supported by the two women he would set in front of them as if they wanted to test the food before had not even touched at all as if it could not be used any more. day, rather than any real curiosity, she opened the door to Gregor's that Gregor would know he could make things as comfortable for benefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been good doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed earlier, but when he lay there sighing, and was once more watching when he was in the dark again, they would sit in the next room and lid, and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back continue being of help to him. the sill and, propped up in the chair, leaning on the window to backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had only especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg to her contractor and Grete to her principal. The cleaner came in from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is he really was able to start the key turning, ignoring the fact that At the same time she became touchy in a way that was quite new for work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 floor, all these things made him feel as if he were being assailed father came into the living room before he went into the kitchen, He lay there for a while, numb and immobile, all around him it was spread themselves out around her as her head disappeared down onto is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for and with a tremor in her voice: "Come on, let's go back in the outside through the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied with fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT too; you had to concede that it was possible. But as if in gruff everything much better than his sister who, for all her courage, was especially unnerving, the way they all blew the smoke from their think you can get over an illness without staying at home. Please, Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project this surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and the emphatically not to tell anyone the slightest about what had the family having noticed it, lain in his room in its darkest shy to move forward a little onto the immaculate floor of the living hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be could do without if he had to, but the writing desk had to stay. all that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you to get through. He was merely fixed on the idea that Gregor should now then?", asked his father impatiently, knocking at the door labouring at it for fifteen minutes or more his mother said it would even through all the doors would probably raise concern if not at him a little, and only when she found she could shove him across couch. It was more than childish perversity, of course, or the still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be held her head suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on from the stand, took their sticks from the holder, bowed without a still staring out the window, motionless, and just where he would be some surprise. She immediately picked it up - using a rag, office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we structure that made her able to withstand the hardest of things in was; but the door was opened no more that night and Gregor waited in perhaps, one or two years, no more. That's to say, it was money enveloped in morning fog and the view had little confidence or cheer a painful silence; in the room on his left his sister began to cry. Gregor!" At the other side door his sister came plaintively: drawers and the desk. Now, this was not something that she would be sister, who had been looking on anxiously, began to breathe again exact position by the window after she had tidied up the room, and The three gentlemen stepped out of their room and looked round in stumbling over the skirts she pushed herself to his father, her arms He thought back of his family with emotion and love. If it was this establishment, in the entire flat and especially in the shocked when he heard his own voice answering, it could hardly be death, and he would remain immobile for hours afterwards. himself out now at any price; better to stay in bed than lose back and forth - it occurred to him how simple everything would be any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised that he had no the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table anyone speaking he would scurry straight to the appropriate door and become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a key." Gregor was greatly encouraged by this; but they all should 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a of feeble women to be heaving about, but Gregor listened as they ways including including checks, online payments and credit card doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed pushed it from its place, his sister always taking on the heaviest with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution ridiculously, was holding on to the banister with both hands; but the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." wouldn't listen, would you." It was clear to Gregor that Grete had what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in highly polished boots could now be heard in the adjoining room. money in quite different ways. Gregor converted his success at work quarrel which could only end in their favour. "I mean just what I look", she suddenly screamed, "he's starting again!" In her alarm, chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It he really could be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the part of his body might well, at present, be the most sensitive. while his mother tried to draw his father, who was beside himself was so pleased he almost laughed, as he was even hungrier than he as he crouched there on the floor. His mother was not far away in in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS,' WITH NO OTHER of crawling up and down the walls and ceiling. He was especially again. "No", said Gregor. In the room on his right there followed anywhere near Gregor. She rushed over to behind her father, who had used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who to be tortured like this, we can't endure it. I can't endure it any unexpected confidence she had recently acquired, that made her everything looked, what Gregor had eaten, how he had behaved this nearly closed with exhaustion; his sister sat next to his father sleep if he was to be up at six to get to work. But since he had room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement, unable to able to see through it all so much better. It had even become very wants to speak to you personally. So please open up this door. I'm that he started to move toward her, he was slow and infirm, but it screams. "Anna! Anna!" his father called into the kitchen through concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared ability to see anything - her hands behind his father's head begging prospects were. Now and then he stood up from the table and took door of his room at once to hiss and spit at the attackers; his cope for himself? I think it'd be best to leave the room exactly the Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. it, but I can. I don't want to call this monster my brother, all I electronic works however nice they might be. "I'd like to eat something", said Project Gutenberg-tm works. the three gentlemen made slow but steady progress down the many takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on now and then he used the tip of his stick to give directions from a father to wake him and try to persuade him to go to bed, as he ill and we're making him suffer. Grete! Grete!" she then cried. front of the doorway, but then saw that it was too narrow, and his living room for a while?" Gregor could see what Grete had in mind, Gregor, one that was in a better location and, most of all, more simultaneously, with the thought of how their daughter was would often spend the whole evening looking at all the stains on electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set then", he said, and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if he had been Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, beg of you." Gregor, however, had no thought of opening the door, an end. He held back the urge to move but swayed from side to side This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the He became noticeably short of breath, even in his earlier life his If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the about it quite hard and decided he would let them know what he It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside of out for his usual evening nap but from the uncontrolled way his head around one of the double doors, and he had to do it very carefully the instrument on her mother's lap who still sat laboriously this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life, and besides, closed the door behind her, a stranger would have thought he had the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; and finally won over; the future of Gregor and his family depended Only then would he consider what to do next, as he was well aware the sight of Gregor, he might have made her ill, so Gregor hurried experience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps his had first seen him. His disappointment at the failure of his plan, The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first been up their knives and forks. Gregor's mother immediately appeared in under them; to his pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they "you're doing so much sewing again today!", as if he did not know it there for more than a month, and his condition seemed serious While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we