The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces

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The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces is a collection of short stories and recollections by Franz Kafka, with additional writings by Max Brod. First published in 1948, this volume includes all the works Kafka intended for publication, and published during his lifetime (the only exception in The Stoker which serves as a first chapter for the novel Amerika. It also includes critical pieces by Kafka, "The First Long Train Journey" by Kafka and Brod, and an Epilogue by Brod. The Schocken Books edition is translated by Willa and Edwin Muir

Kafka, Franz. The Penal Colony : Stories and Short Pieces New York: Schocken Books, 1948.

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• Conversation with the Supplicant

a slightly different version from the text of the dialogue as it appears in the story Description of a Struggle

• Meditation
  • Children on a Country Road
  • The Trees
  • Clothes
  • Excursion into the Mountains
  • Rejection
  • The Street Window
  • The Tradesman
  • Absent-minded Window-gazing
  • The Way Home
  • Passers-by
  • On the Tram
  • Reflections for Gentlemen-Jockeys
  • The Wish to be a Red Indian
  • Unhappiness
  • Bachelor's Ill Luck
  • Unmasking a Confidence Trickster
  • The Sudden Walk
  • Resolutions
• The Judgment
• The Metamorphosis
• A Country Doctor
  • The New Advocate
  • A Country Doctor
  • Up in the Gallery
  • An Old Manuscript
  • Before the Law
  • Jackals and Arabs
  • A Visit to a Mine
  • The Next Village
  • An Imperial Message
  • The Cares of a Family Man
  • Eleven Sons
  • A Fratricide
  • A Dream
  • A Report to an Academy
  • The Bucket Rider
• In the Penal Colony
• A Hunger Artist
  • First Sorrow
  • A Little Woman
  • A Hunger Artist
  • Josephine the Singer, or The Mouse Folk
• Appendix
  • The First Long Train Journey - by Kafka and Brod
  • The Aeroplanes at Brescia
  • Three Critical Pieces
    • A Novel about Youth - Review of Felix Sternheim's Die Geschichte des jungen Oswald
    • On Kleist's "Anecdotes"
    • Hyperion - Review of the literary magazine
  • Epilogue by Max Brod

[edit] References

Kafka, Franz. The Penal Colony: Stories and Short PiecesNew York: Schocken Books, 1948. ISBN 0805231986

The Works of Franz Kafka  v • d • e

Novels The Metamorphosis • The Trial • The Castle • Amerika Short Stories 1904-1912: Description of a Struggle • Wedding Preparations in the Country • The Judgment • Contemplation • The Stoker 1914-1917: In the Penal Colony • The Village Schoolmaster (The Giant Mole) • Before the Law • Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor • The Warden of the Tomb • A Country Doctor • The Hunter Gracchus • The Great Wall of China• A Message from the Emperor • A Report to an Academy • A Dream • Up in the Gallery • A Fratricide • The Next Village • A Visit to a Mine • Jackals and Arabs • The Bridge • The Bucket Rider • The New Advocate • An Old Manuscript • The Knock at the Manor Gate • Eleven Sons • My Neighbor • A Crossbreed (A Sport) • The Cares of a Family Man 1917-1923: The Refusal • A Hunger Artist • Investigations of a Dog • A Little Woman • The Burrow • Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk • A Common Confusion • The Truth about Sancho Panza • The Silence of the Sirens • Prometheus • The City Coat of Arms • Poseidon • Fellowship • At Night • The Problem of Our Laws • The Conscription of Troops • The Test • The Vulture • The Helmsman • The Top • A Little Fable • Home-Coming • First Sorrow • The Departure • Advocates • The Married Couple • Give it Up! • On Parables Diaries, Notebooks and Essays The Diaries 1910-1923 • The Blue Octavo Notebooks • The First Long Train Journey (with Max Brod) • The Aeroplanes at Brescia Letters Letter to His Father • Letters to Felice • Letters to Ottla • Letters to Milena • Letters to Family, Friends, and Editors Collections The Complete Stories • The Sons • The Penal Colony • Parables and Paradoxes • The Great Wall of China • Dearest Father