As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.
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• Variant translation (by David Wyllie): One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.
• First lines
• Variant translation (by David Wyllie): One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin.
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Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt.
— Franz Kafka
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheuren Ungeziefer verwandelt." in the context of "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.
• First lines
• Variant translation (by David Wyllie): One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Franz Kafka" (Quotes, The Metamorphosis (1915): Full text online)
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About Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a Bohemian-Jewish novelist, and one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century.
About Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a Bohemian-Jewish novelist, and one of the major German-language fiction writers of the 20th century.
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