This "Norton Critical Edition" contains the 1915 edition of Kafka's "The Metamorphosis".

Translated by Stanley Corngold, the novella is fully annotated and is accompanied by selected textual variants.

The text presents Kafka's letters and diary entries, illuminating the creative process behind the story of Gregor Samsa, his family and their nightmarish ordeal. "Criticism" contains seven essays from the period between 1970 and 1995 that offer a variety of perspective on the novella.

A chronology and selected bibliography are also included.