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"The Trial" by Franz Kafka is a novel written in 1914 and 1915. It follows Josef K., a bank clerk who is arrested and prosecuted by a mysterious, unreachable authority. Neither he nor the reader ever learns what crime he has committed. As Josef navigates an absurd legal system filled with bizarre encounters and inexplicable procedures, his case consumes his life while remaining perpetually unresolved. The novel, never completed by Kafka, was published posthumously in 1925. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Wyllie, David (Translator) |
| Uniform Title | Der Prozess. English |
| Title | The Trial |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Trials -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7849 |
| Release Date | Apr 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Copyright | Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. |
| Downloads | 6338 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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