The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915.
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The cause of Samsa\'s transformation is never revealed, and Kafka himself never gave an explanation.
The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature.
It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world.
The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915