Chapters: Metamorphosis Free eBook Reader is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa who wakes up one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheures Ungeziefer, literally "monstrous vermin"), subsequently struggling to adjust to this new condition. Gregor Samsa, a travelling salesman, awakens to find himself transformed (metamorphosed