A novel about a man who finds himself transformed into a huge insect, and the effects of this change upon his life. This is a fantastic horror story about a hapless man who is turned into an insect. When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin. With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story...

A critical introduction to the nature and extent of Hawthorne's achievement in fiction, giving new insight into his romances and tales.

Discusses "The Death of the Hired Man," "The Oven Bird," "Birches," and other poems by Robert Frost.