The Stranger
Albert Camus · Modern · Novel
Modernism · Novella
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka. Gregor Samsa awakens transformed into an insect, exposing conditional love, shame, labor, and social estrangement.
- Date
- 1915
- Origin
- Austria-Hungary / Prague
- Era
- Modernism
- Genre
- Novella
- Difficulty
- Accessible
- Length
- Short
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
Gregor Samsa awakens transformed into an insect, exposing conditional love, shame, labor, and social estrangement.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of bloom. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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