Audiobooks by Franz Kafka

[Hindi] - The Metamorphosis / द मेटामॉर्फोसिस

कल्पना कीजिए — आप एक दिन उठते हैं और पाते हैं कि आप अब इंसान नहीं, बल्कि एक कीट बन चुके हैं। Franz Kafka की कालजयी रचना The Metamorphosis एक ऐसे व्यक्ति की दिल दहला देने वाली कहानी है, जो अचानक एक भयावह रूप में बदल जाता है, और उसके अपने ही परिवार और समाज का व्यवहार उसके लिए बदल जाता है। यह कहानी है पहचान खोने की, अकेलेपन की, और उस दर्द की जो तब होता है जब दुनिया आपको समझने से इंकार कर देती है। Kafka की यह कहानी न केवल विचलित करती है, बल्कि आपको सोचने पर मजबूर करती है — इंसानियत, संबंधों और अस्तित्व के गहरे सवालों पर। अब सुनिए यह अद्भुत और गूढ़ कथा — एक अनुभव जो आपको भीतर तक छू जाएगा।

Franz Kafka (Author), Preeta Shukla (Narrator)

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The Great Wall of China

'The Great Wall of China' is a short story by Franz Kafka. While written in 1917, it was not published until 1930, seven years after his death. Its first publication occurred in Der Morgen, a German literary magazine. A year later, Max Brod included it in Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, the first posthumous collection of short stories by Franz Kafka. Contained within the story is a parable that was separately published as 'A Message from the Emperor' ('Eine kaiserliche Botschaft') in 1919 in the collection Ein Landarzt (A Country Doctor). Some sub-themes of the story include why the wall was built piecemeal (in small sections in many different places), the relationship of the Chinese with the past and the present and the emperor's imperceptible presence. The story is told in the first person by an older man from a southern province. The first English translation, by Willa and Edwin Muir, was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933. It appeared in The Great Wall of China. Stories and Reflections (New York City: Schocken Books, 1946).

Franz Kafka (Author), Peter Coates (Narrator)

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The Metamorphosis

The Metamorphosis** is a powerful narrative that revolves around the harrowing tale of a young man named Gregor Samsa, who, after a night filled with restless dreams, awakens to find himself inexplicably transformed into a grotesque, beetle-like creature. This sudden and horrifying change casts him into a punishingly lonely existence, forcing him to confront the shame and disgrace he brings upon his family. In his new form, Gregor feels like a stranger in his own home, epitomizing the experience of alienation that many feel in their lives. The story opens with a vivid description of Gregor’s shocking transformation. As he lies in bed, his back now covered in a hard, armor-like shell, he struggles to comprehend his new reality. Lifting his head slightly, he gazes down at his grotesque body – a vast, domed belly segmented and rigid, almost as if it were made from a thick, impenetrable material. The bed quilt, once a comforting presence, now teeters precariously atop him, threatening to slip away and expose the full extent of his bizarre predicament. His legs, thin and weak in comparison to the mass of his body, flail aimlessly before him, a pitiful sight that reinforces his helplessness. This striking imagery frames a profound exploration of human emotions: inadequacy, guilt, and the suffocating sense of isolation that can consume one’s existence.

Franz Kafka (Author), Derrick Foster (Narrator)

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Anthology of Classic Short Stories. Vol. 2 (Animals): Kashtanka by Anton Chekhov, Sredni Vashtar by

In these selections, an animal plays an important role in the action or plot of the story. The animals in these stories are real or are stand-ins for humans: Sredni Vashtar by Saki (H. H. Munro) Kholstomer, The Story of a Horse by Leo Tolstoy A Dark-Brown Dog by Stephen Crane Kashtanka by Anton Chekhov The Cat That Walked By Himself by Rudyard Kipling The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe The Fly by Katherine Mansfield The Boar-Pig by Saki (H. H. Munro) The Tiger Guest by Pu Songlbying Jackals and Arabs by Franz Kafka

Anton Chekhov, Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, Katherine Mansfield, Leo Tolstoy, Pu Songlbying, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, Stephen Crane (Author), Peter Coates (Narrator)

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3 Stories About - Art

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories About - Art02 - Solid Objects by Virginia Woolf03 - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka04 - The Art of Book-Making by Washington Irving

Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, Washington Irving (Author), Eric Meyers, Eve Karpf, Tom McLean (Narrator)

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The Jewish Author - A Short Story Collection

We love to stereotype, to typecast and to pigeon hole. It’s one of our organising traits that serves many uses but also serves to stain and segregate, to find fault and to point out blame.In this volume we see if that servant can have two masters and two functions.The Jewish culture has been a mesmerizing source of life, art, tragedy, and beauty for millennia.To be Jewish is not a simple example of one person or one family; it is a collective form of identity. Jewish history has often been rightfully portrayed as turbulent, as a people being unfairly oppressed and downtrodden; marked out for discrimination and even death. But Jewish history also has darker notes against others when in its own ascendancy. Within this volume of short stories we have exampled people who thought of themselves as Jewish and wove that together with their literary skills to create some quite dazzling and unexpected works. These short stories explore and examine society and the lives all around them in times when the Jewish authors themselves were being closely watched. 1 - The Jewish Author - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction2 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka3 - Rooms by Gertrude Stein4 - My First Goose by Isaac Babel5 - Gods in Exile by Heinrich Heine6 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy7 - Jezebel of Valley Farm by E Philips Oppenhein8 - The Converts by Israel Zangwill9 - The Hoodoo by Martha Gruening10 - Chopin Op 47 by Stanley Victor Makower11 - August by Bruno Schulz12 - The Book Binder of Hort by Leoplod von Sacher-Masoch

Franz Kafka, Gertrude Stein, Isaac Babel (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Laurel Lefkow, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Stories Exploring Morality

The concept of right and wrong, of good and bad, is taught to us from childhood. It’s a guiding principle as we journey through the decades of life. Easy to keep to? Sometimes it’s easier not to. Authors of the talent of Franz Kafka, F Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Louis Stevenson and many others create characters and circumstances that test their capacity for morality to the limit.1 - Stories Exploring Morality - An Introduction2 - The Dead - Part 1 by James Joyce3 - The Dead - Part 2 by James Joyce4 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka5 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne6 - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson7 - Benediction by F Scott Fitzgerald8 - The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne9 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant10 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy11 - The Hoodoo by Martha Gruening12 - The Coup de Grace by Ambrose Bierce13 - Rashomon by Ryunosuke Akutagawa14 - A Tale of Negative Gravity by Frank R Stockton15 - Oil of Dog by Ambrose Bierce16 - The Four Fists by F Scott Fitzgerald17 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne18 - Rappaccini's Daughter - Part 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ambrose Bierce, F Scott Fitzgerald, Frank R Stockton, Franz Kafka, Guy De Maupassant, James Joyce, Leo Tolstoy, Martha Gruening, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ryunosuke Akutagawa (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Jim Norton, Warren Keyes (Narrator)

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Philosophical Stories

We love reason, advancing through facts to reach a conclusion that explains exactly where we are at. When literary masters create their stories on this theme we are left with some quite brilliant and riveting works that help us gain fascinating insight into both author, story and the world beyond.1 - Philosophical Stories - An Introduction2 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka3 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 1 by Herman Melville4 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 2 by Herman Melville5 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky6 - Parker Adderson, Philosopher by Ambrose Bierce7 - Dickory Cronke, The Dumb Philosopher or Great Britain's Wonder by Daniel D8 - Plato's Dream by Voltaire9 - The Shades, A Phantasy by Vladimir Korolenko10 - Gods in Exile by Heinrich Heine11 - An Evening Guest by Alexander Kuprin12 - Bellerophon To Anteia by Mary Butts13 - Putois by Anatole France14 - The Lightning Rod Man by Herman Melville15 - Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce16 - A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka

Alexander Kuprin, Ambrose Bierce, Anatole France, Daniel D, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Heinrich Heine, Herman Melville, Mary Butts, Vladimir Korolenko, Voltaire (Author), Christopher Ragland, Eric Meyers, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Doctors As The Protagonists – Short Stories

The Hippocratic oath is sacred. Until it’s not. Human foibles and frailties can quickly grow and make the Doctor into a romantic hero, or a despised villain, or hopeless professional in the face of what is around him.In this volume our protagonists are the people we look to for help and certainty when we are in distress and pain. Our authors place these characters in stories that are as relevant to our thoughts today as when they were first published. 1 - Stories with The Doctor as Protaganist - An Introduction2 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson3 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson4 - La Grande Breteche by Honore de Balzac5 - A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka6 - Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne7 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev8 - The Arm of Mrs Egan by W F Harvey9 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov10 - Green Tea - Part 1 by Sheridan Le Fanu11 - Green Tea - Part 2 by Sheridan Le Fanu12 - The Atheist's Mass by Honore de Balzac

Franz Kafka, Honore de Balzac, Ivan Turgenev, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sheridan Le Fanu, W F Harvey (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Psychological Stories

What we have in front of us here in this volume is a simple premise but an author’s words may say one thing and mean another. With talents such as E T A Hoffman, Katherine Mansfield, Willa Cather, Mikhail Bulgakov and many others our minds are under almost permanent assault with words, characters and narratives that pursue us to the end. 1 - Psychological Stories - An Introduction2 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostovesky3 - Psychology by Katherine Mansfield4 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol5 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman6 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov7 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe8 - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka9 - A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin10 - The Other Woman by Sherwood Anderson11 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov12 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather13 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne14 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain15 - Seeds by Sherwood Anderson16 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards17 - In The Dark by Edith Nesbit18 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon19 - The Mines of Falun - Part 1 by E T A Hoffman20 - The Mines of Falun - Part 2 by E T A Hoffman21 - Shut Out by F Anstey22 - Hands by Sherwood Anderson23 - The Fly by Katherine Mansfield24 - Bobok by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Amelia B. Edwards, Anton Chekhov, Barry Pain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, E T A Hoffman, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, F Anstey, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostovesky, Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mikhail Bulgakov, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nikolai Gogol, Sherwood Anderson, Willa Cather (Author), Bill Wallis, Liza Ross, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Carta al padre

Sumérgete en 'Carta al padre' de Franz Kafka, una obra profundamente personal donde el autor desvela su compleja relación con su padre. Con honestidad desgarradora, Kafka expone sus sentimientos de amor, miedo y resentimiento, ofreciendo una mirada íntima a sus luchas internas. Este audiolibro, narrado con sensibilidad, te llevará a un viaje emocional que resuena con cualquiera que haya enfrentado conflictos familiares. 'Carta al padre' no es solo una carta, sino una profunda reflexión sobre las relaciones humanas, perfecta para momentos de introspección y autodescubrimiento.

Franz Kafka (Author), Irene Gamarra (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Carta al padre

'Carta al padre' de Franz Kafka es una carta autobiográfica escrita en 1919 y publicada póstumamente. En ella, Kafka se dirige a su padre, Hermann Kafka, y expone la compleja y conflictiva relación que mantuvieron. La carta revela el profundo impacto que el carácter autoritario y crítico de su padre tuvo en su vida y en su obra literaria. Kafka explora sus sentimientos de miedo, culpa e insuficiencia, y cómo estos influyeron en su desarrollo personal y artístico. La carta nunca fue enviada, pero ofrece una visión íntima de las luchas internas de Kafka y su búsqueda de identidad frente a la figura paterna.

Franz Kafka (Author), Irene Gamarra (Narrator)

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