Bibliograph

The trial, Franz Kafka ; translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir ; revised, with additional notes, by Professor E.M. Butler

Type

Label

The trial, Franz Kafka ; translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir ; revised, with additional notes, by Professor E.M. Butler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. xx-xxi)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The trial

Oclc number

26232703

Responsibility statement

Franz Kafka ; translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir ; revised, with additional notes, by Professor E.M. Butler

Series statement

Everyman's library

Summary

Narrates the experiences and reactions of a respectable bank functionary after his abrupt arrest on an undisclosed charge

Table Of Contents

I. The arrest conversation with Frau Grubach then Fräulein Bürstner -- II. First interrogation -- III. In the empty court-room ; The student ; The offices -- IV. Fräulein Bürstner's friend -- V. The whipper -- VI. K.'s uncle ; Leni -- VII. Lawyer ; Manufacturer ; Painter -- VIII. Block, the corn merchant ; Dismissal of the lawyer -- In the cathedral -- The end -- Appendix I: The unfinished chapters. On the way to Elsa ; Journey to his mother ; Prosecuting counsel ; The house ; Conflict with the assistant manager ; A fragment -- Appendix II: Passages deleted by the author -- Postscripts by Max Brod. To the first edition, 1925 ; To the second edition, 1935 ; To the third edition, 1946 -- Translator's note

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