Franz Kafka
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Before we whipped out our old high school syllabi and dug deep into our libraries to start selecting contenders for this list, we first had to answer the question, "How do we define a classic?" The answer isn’t as straightforward as you might guess, though there’s a lot to be said for the old adage, "You know it when you see it" (or, in this case, hear it). Of course, most critically, each of our picks had to be fabulous in audio. So dust off your aspirational listening list—we have some amazing additions you don’t want to miss.
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The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume One: 15 Novels from Dostoyevsky, Dickens, Tolstoy, Melville, Brontë, & More
- The Brothers Karamazov, Great Expectations, Moby Dick, The Call of the Wild, The Castle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Middlemarch, War and Peace, Wuthering Heights, & More
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, and others
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and others
- Length: 204 hrs
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The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume One is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of 15 essential classic novels by British, American, and Russian authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Stephen Fry, Jason Isaacs, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and many more.
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The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume One: 15 Novels from Dostoyevsky, Dickens, Tolstoy, Melville, Brontë, & More
- The Brothers Karamazov, Great Expectations, Moby Dick, The Call of the Wild, The Castle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Middlemarch, War and Peace, Wuthering Heights, & More
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, Jason Isaacs, Lucy Scott, Robert G. Slade, Daniel Weyman, Jonathan Keeble, full cast
- Length: 204 hrs
- Release date: 01-01-25
- Language: English
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Metamorphosis
- A BBC Radio 4 Reading
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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Benedict Cumberbatch reads the enduring classic of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis. Gregor Samsa wakes to discover that he has turned into a large, monstrous insect-like creature....
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Disappointed
- By Jonas Jones on 03-05-19
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Metamorphosis
- A BBC Radio 4 Reading
- Narrated by: Benedict Cumberbatch
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Release date: 01-04-18
- Language: English
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The Metamorphosis
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
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“One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug....”
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Written in 1915
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 09-04-12
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The Metamorphosis
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-27-11
- Language: English
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The Trial
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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If Max Brod had obeyed Franz Kafka's dying request, Kafka's unpublished manuscripts would have been burned, unread....
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We are all the straw that breaks a camel's back
- By Dan Harlow on 10-14-13
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The Trial
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 07-01-05
- Language: English
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The Castle
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Thomas Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Franz Kafka requested of his friend Max Brod, on his deathbed, that all of his unfinished manuscripts be burned. Thankfully, his friend did not comply with this request and unfinished masterpieces like the castle have survived until today.
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I could listen to him read anything!
- By Kathryn Schmitz on 09-29-24
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The Castle
- Narrated by: Thomas Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 07-29-24
- Language: English
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Investigaciones de un perro [Investigations of a Dog]
- Cuentos selectos de Kafka, libro 11 [Selected Stories by Kafka, Book 11]
- By: Franz Kafka, Ariel Magnus - translator
- Narrated by: Nacho Casas
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
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Investigaciones de un perro muestra que página a página, quizás como ningún autor del siglo XX, Franz Kafka funda una realidad: el mundo se piensa de otra forma, más sagaz y sospechosa, más paradójica, después de leerlo.
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Investigaciones de un perro [Investigations of a Dog]
- Cuentos selectos de Kafka, libro 11 [Selected Stories by Kafka, Book 11]
- Narrated by: Nacho Casas
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Release date: 10-16-24
- Language: Spanish
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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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In the bizarre world of Franz Kafka, salesmen turn into giant bugs, apes give lectures at college academies, and nightmares probe the mysteries of modern humanity’s unhappiness....
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Great assortment of stories
- By Himanshu Modi on 08-20-18
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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 12-16-11
- Language: English
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Der Prozess
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Erich Räuker
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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Als Josef K. eines Morgens aufwacht wird er überraschend verhaftet. Von einer mysteriösen Behörde soll ihm der Prozess gemacht werden...
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Der Prozess
- Narrated by: Erich Räuker
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 01-29-09
- Language: German
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Short Classics Collection
- A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, Call of the Wild, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Metamorphosis, and More
- By: Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Jack London, and others
- Narrated by: John York
- Length: 20 hrs and 54 mins
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Inside this delightful collection, you'll uncover seven tales from literary legends whose work shaped the world of writing....
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Began listening with reservation...
- By G. Eggleston on 04-30-20
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Short Classics Collection
- A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, Call of the Wild, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Metamorphosis, and More
- Narrated by: John York
- Series: Alice in Wonderland, Book 1
- Length: 20 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 01-29-20
- Language: English
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The Metamorphosis
- A New Translation by Susan Bernofsky
- By: Franz Kafka, Susan Bernofsky - translator
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Victor Bevine, Christa Lewis
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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In her new translation of Kafka's masterpiece, Susan Bernofsky strives to capture both the humor and the humanity in this macabre tale....
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Mysterious and beautiful
- By Tad Davis on 05-02-15
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The Metamorphosis
- A New Translation by Susan Bernofsky
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Victor Bevine, Christa Lewis
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 08-20-14
- Language: English
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The Trial
- Penguin Classics
- By: Franz Kafka, Idris Parry
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him....
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The Trial
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-26-19
- Language: English
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The Trial
- By: Franz Kafka, Mike Mitchell - translator
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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A man wakes up one morning to find himself under arrest for an offence which is never explained. Faced with this ambiguous but threatening situation, Josef K. gradually succumbs to its psychological pressure....
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kind of boring
- By Amazon Customer on 04-02-21
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The Trial
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 11-16-12
- Language: English
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Metamorphosis
- By: Franz Kafka, David Wyllie - translator
- Narrated by: Greg Wagland
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
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Gregor Samsa, a travelling salesman, wakes to find himself "transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin". How he, his family, and others deal with this untoward situation is subsequently revealed....
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Excellent Performance - Not too keen on modernism
- By Shakespeare on 06-23-19
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Metamorphosis
- Narrated by: Greg Wagland
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 05-06-16
- Language: English
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The Castle
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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On his deathbed, Franz Kafka asked that all his unpublished manuscripts be burned....
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Obscure, enigmatic, and not for everyone
- By John on 02-08-06
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The Castle
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 06-17-04
- Language: English
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Die Verwandlung
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Martin May
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
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"Die Verwandlung" gehört zu den wenigen Werken, die noch zu Kafkas Lebzeiten veröffentlicht wurden.
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Das ist eine Lektion.
- By Gisela Moreira ortt on 04-20-23
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Die Verwandlung
- Narrated by: Martin May
- Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 07-12-07
- Language: German
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The Trial [Tantor Audio]
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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The Trial tells the story of a man arrested for an unknown crime by a remote, inaccessible authority and his struggle for control over the increasing absurdity of his life....
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Classic indifference in modern society
- By Michael G Kurilla on 11-21-20
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The Trial [Tantor Audio]
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 06-30-11
- Language: English
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Amerika
- The Missing Person: A New Translation by Mark Harman Based on the Restored Text
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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A Brilliant new translation of the great writer's least Kafkaesque novel, based on a German-language text that was produced by a team of international scholars....
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ha ha ha this is terrific
- By tom on 01-29-14
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Amerika
- The Missing Person: A New Translation by Mark Harman Based on the Restored Text
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 02-19-09
- Language: English
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The Metamorphosis
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
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New translation of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Poor Gregor Samsa! This guy wakes up one morning to discover that he's become a "monstrous vermin". The first...
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The Metamorphosis
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Release date: 12-20-23
- Language: English
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In the Penal Colony
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Peter Yearsley
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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"In the Penal Colony" is a short story by Franz Kafka set in an unnamed penal colony. It describes the last use of an elaborate torture and execution device that carves the sentence....
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a bit confusing, but not for Kafka fans
- By joseph Gonzalez on 08-06-18
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In the Penal Colony
- Narrated by: Peter Yearsley
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 09-27-16
- Language: English
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The Castle
- By: Franz Kafka
- Narrated by: Allan Corduner
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
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A land-surveyor, known only as K., arrives at a small village permanently covered in snow and dominated by a castle to which access seems permanently denied....
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A masculine and coquettish reading
- By Alan on 05-27-12
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The Castle
- Narrated by: Allan Corduner
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 02-04-11
- Language: English
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