Part I
The picture introduced: a woman in fur hat and boa, cut from an illustrated magazine — Gregor's lone aesthetic-erotic attachment.
Read in Books4Free →The Picture of the Woman in Furs
From Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The framed magazine image Gregor cut out hangs in his room and becomes the one possession he fights to keep, a poignant symbol of his vanishing humanity and sexuality.
Part II
Gregor presses his body against the glass of the picture to prevent its removal — "he would rather fly in Grete's face" than lose it.
Read in Books4Free →Read or Listen to Metamorphosis on Books4Free
Every chapter free to read. Free audio narration on the opening chapter. Plus an AI study assistant that knows the book.
Open in Books4Free →