Literature
Real German books, in the words their authors wrote. Each edition splits the story into short reading stages, explains the hard words beside the line they are on, and notes the German worth noticing on the way.
Franz Kafka · 1915 · B1–B2
Die Verwandlung
The Metamorphosis, annotated for English speakers
One morning a travelling salesman wakes up as a giant insect, and his first worry is the train he has missed. Short, gripping and darkly funny: the classic first novella for learners of German.
- The complete original text, in twelve reading stages of about 20 minutes
- 855 words explained in the margin, beside the line they are on
- 76 notes on grammar, idioms and Prague German at the foot of the page
- A guide to the 1917 spelling, so daß and mußte never stop you
- A dictionary at the back, A to Z, with the page that explains each word
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