How long does it take to read The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories?
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories by Franz Kafka takes about 5 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1935. 316 pages, about 86,900 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Translated by Joachim Neugroschel, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories is widely recognized as the preeminent English-language anthology of Kafka's stories. These translations illuminate one of this century's most controversial writers and have made Kafka's work accessible to a whole new generation. This classic collection of forty-one great short works - including such timeless pieces of modern fiction as "The Judgment" and "The Stoker" - now includes two new stories, "First Sorrow" and "The Hunger Artist.""--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: German Short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author), Austrian Short stories
