The Castle (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Franz Kafka
- First Published: 1926
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Europe
- Principal Characters: K., Frieda, Barnabas, Olga, Amalia, Arthur, Jeremiah
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Europe or Europeans, Villages, Symbolism, Castles, Employment or employees, Bureaucracy or bureaucrats
- Locales: Europe
The Story:
It was late in the evening when K. arrived in the town that lay before the castle of Count Westwest. After his long walk through deep snow, K. wanted to do nothing so much as to go to sleep. He went to an inn and fell asleep by the fire, only to be awakened by a man wanting to see his permit to stay in the town. K. explained that he had just arrived and had come at the count’s request to be the new land surveyor. A telephone call to the castle established the fact that a land surveyor was expected, and K. was allowed to rest.
The next morning, K. decided to...
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