In his most famous work, The Metamorphosis, published in 1915, the protagonist, Gregor Samsa, wakes up to find that he has transformed into a giant insect (the phrase "monstrous vermin" is used).

What happened to Gregor Samsa, the protagonist of Franz Kafka’s famous novella The Metamorphosis, when he discovered that he had turned into an insect one fine morning? His whole world fell apart.

2000 years ago, the Roman writer Ovid wrote a long poem based on Greek myths that gained immortal fame. In “Metamorphoses” (from the Greek word meaning "transformations") the poet tells ...

Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis is one of the cornerstones of early-20th-century absurdist literature. The main character, ...

“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” Thus begins the most well known novella of the twentieth century, Die Verwandlung ...