KAFKA: The Trial (Rupert Degas) (Naxos Audio Books: NA746412)
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The Trial is one of the great works of the twentieth century: an extraordinary vision of one man put on trial by an anonymous authority on an unspecified charge. Josef K, 30, lives in a large town in an unspecified country. He is summonsed to answer a charge and appears in the court room for his trial. Franz Kafka evokes all the reality of trial without any of the specifics in a society that seems to have degraded into chaos: squalid environment, rats, yellow liquid shooting out of a hole in the wall. Guards, claustrophobia, anxiety?á- this is a gripping story and an allegory of modern life. This text remains just as relevant a century after it was written.
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Chapter 1: Arrest; Conversation with Frau Grubach |
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K scarcely listened to what was being said … |
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He paced up and down a few times … |
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When he was fully dressed … |
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The people were at the window … |
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K stood still, watching them … |
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K looked on in silence … |
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You're way off beam,' said K … |
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She made a tour of the room … |
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Then there was some knocking on the door … |
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Chapter 2: First Hearing |
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K went further down the street … |
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Two men were talking just by the door … |
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K broke off and looked down into the hall … |
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When K broke off at this point … |
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So that's it,' exclaimed K … |
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Chapter 3: In the Empty Court Room; the Student; t |
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They were dog-eared old books … |
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Do you know the examining magistrate …' |
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After he had put aside his reservations … |
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The two had already disappeared … |
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Perhaps,' K continued … |
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You don't believe I am accused of anything …' |
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K did not reply … |
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Don't you want to sit down here for a bit?' |
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Chapter 4: Fraulein Burstner's Female Friend |
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Frau Grubach felt really quite helpless. |
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You asked my friend, in writing …' |
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Chapter 5: The Thrasher |
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He dried his face … |
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Chapter 6: The Uncle; Leni |
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And what do you now have to say?' |
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My dear uncle,' said K … |
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In one corner of the room … |
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Not a word of this whole statement … |
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Then a noise from the hall … |
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No,' replied Leni, shaking her head slowly. |
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Chapter 7: Lawyer; Industrialist; Painter |
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The room the lawyers share is on the second floor |
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Their job was not easy in other respects … |
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At times like that, one has to say …' |
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What did the lawyer want to achieve … |
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These days shame no longer played any part … |
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The deputy director … |
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For no particular reason … |
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K took the letter and put it in his pocket … |
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He immediately rode off in a cab … |
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K pointed at the door. |
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The sight of the picture seemed … |
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Once again a girl behind the door began to ask … |
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The painter had pulled his armchair nearer to the |
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Mere legends do nothing to change my opinion …' |
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At that stage I'm free then …' |
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In saying this …' |
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K had not been thinking what he was doing … |
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Chapter 8: Block the Merchant; the Lawyer is Given |
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Leni stood by the range … |
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K turned round. |
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I'll probably have to go there more often now too |
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I'm hearing it all now, though K … |
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The way you're sitting there side by side!' |
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K looked at him for a long time. |
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K was completely composed when the lawyer had fini |
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The man's appearance itself gave nothing away … |
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From the moment the lawyer started speaking … |
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Block was very pleased that she had come … |
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Block glanced fleetingly at K … |
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Chapter 9: In the Cathedral |
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K, who otherwise was merely mechanically watching |
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K went back to the main entrance … |
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Smiling, K followed the old man … |
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Since everything was now out in the open … |
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K waited for him down below by the steps. |
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The doorkeeper deceived the man, then,' said K … |
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You know the story better than I do …' |
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Opinions differ as to whether the doorkeeper …' |
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Chapter 10: The End |
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The girl had meanwhile turned into a side street … |
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