The Metamorphosis | Suggested Reading

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The Trial (1925) is Kafka's novel about a man arrested and put through nightmarish court proceedings for a crime that is never explained to him.

The Castle (1926) is a Kafka novel about a man who seeks in vain to be allowed into a nearby but frustratingly inaccessible castle.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson is an early transformation story about a physician who uses a potion to change himself into an evil, repulsive man.

Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley is a classic novel about a monster who is frustrated in his attempts to connect with human beings.

"The Fly" (1957) by George Langelaan is a story that focuses on a scientist who transforms himself into a fly. The story was reprinted in Wolf's Complete Book of Terror, edited by Leonard Wolf (Potter, 1979) and was made into...
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