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Uniform Title: Der Prozess. English

Title: The Trial

Note: Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Summary: "The Trial" by Franz Kafka is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Josef K., a seemingly ordinary bank clerk, who is unexpectedly arrested one morning without being informed of the charges against him. This absurd and bewildering event sets off a bizarre and frustrating journey through a nightmarish legal system that is both surreal and deeply disconcerting. At the start of the novel, Josef K. awakens to find that he has been arrested, although the nature of his crime is never disclosed to him. As he grapples with the incomprehensible situation, K. encounters various figures, including two strange policemen, his landlady Mrs. Grubach, and a mysterious supervisor, all while trying to maintain a semblance of normalcy in his life. The opening chapters illustrate K.'s confusion and indignation as he navigates a hostile and illogical world, revealing Kafka's themes of alienation, the absurdity of bureaucracy, and the struggle for justice in a society that seems indifferent to individual plight. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924

Translator: Wyllie, David (Translator)

EBook No.: 7849

Published: Apr 1, 2005

Downloads: 4281

Language: English

Subject: Allegories

Subject: Trials -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures

Category: Text

Rights: Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details.

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2024-11-06T01:53:03Z The Trial

This edition has images.

Uniform Title: Der Prozess. English

Title: The Trial

Note: Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Summary: "The Trial" by Franz Kafka is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Josef K., a seemingly ordinary bank clerk, who is unexpectedly arrested one morning without being informed of the charges against him. This absurd and bewildering event sets off a bizarre and frustrating journey through a nightmarish legal system that is both surreal and deeply disconcerting. At the start of the novel, Josef K. awakens to find that he has been arrested, although the nature of his crime is never disclosed to him. As he grapples with the incomprehensible situation, K. encounters various figures, including two strange policemen, his landlady Mrs. Grubach, and a mysterious supervisor, all while trying to maintain a semblance of normalcy in his life. The opening chapters illustrate K.'s confusion and indignation as he navigates a hostile and illogical world, revealing Kafka's themes of alienation, the absurdity of bureaucracy, and the struggle for justice in a society that seems indifferent to individual plight. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924

Translator: Wyllie, David (Translator)

EBook No.: 7849

Published: Apr 1, 2005

Downloads: 4281

Language: English

Subject: Allegories

Subject: Trials -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures

Category: Text

Rights: Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details.

urn:gutenberg:7849:3 2005-04-01T00:00:00+00:00 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. Wyllie, David (Translator) Kafka, Franz en 1