num_pages: 216
description: "Had one to name the author who comes nearest to bearing the same kind of relations to our age as Dante, Shakespeare , and Goethe bore to theirs, Kafka is the first one would think of." — W. H. Auden 
language: English
title: The Metamorphosis
titlecomplete: The Metamorphosis
characters: Grete Samsa, Gregor Samsa, Mrs. Samsa, Mr. Samsa
genres: Short Stories, Philosophy, School, Novels, Literature, Horror, Fantasy, Classics, German Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 969726
publisher: Penguin Books