Franz Kafka, author portrait
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Franz Kafka

FRANZ KAFKA was born in 1883 in Prague, where he lived most of his life. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories, including “The Metamorphosis,” “The Judgment,” and “The Stoker.” He died in 1924, before completing any of his full-length novels. At the end of his life, Kafka asked his lifelong friend and literary executor Max Brod to burn all his unpublished work. Brod overrode those wishes.

The Diaries of Franz Kafka
The Trial
The Castle
Letters to Felice
Aphorisms
Letters to Milena
Letter to the Father/Brief an den Vater
The Metamorphosis
Letters to Ottla and the Family
Amerika: The Missing Person
Diaries, 1910-1923
Metamorphosis and Other Stories
The Metamorphosis: The Illustrated Edition
The Trial
The Castle
The Complete Stories
The Metamorphosis
Collected Stories of Franz Kafka
Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors
The Sons
The Metamorphosis

Books

The Diaries of Franz Kafka
The Trial
The Castle
Letters to Felice
Aphorisms
Letters to Milena
Letter to the Father/Brief an den Vater
The Metamorphosis
Letters to Ottla and the Family
Amerika: The Missing Person
Diaries, 1910-1923
Metamorphosis and Other Stories
The Metamorphosis: The Illustrated Edition
The Trial
The Castle
The Complete Stories
The Metamorphosis
Collected Stories of Franz Kafka
Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors
The Sons
The Metamorphosis

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