Title: Der Prozeß

Title: Title Record # 1485914
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1925-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series:
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: German

Note: Written from August to November of 1914 this was Kafka's second attempt to finish a full novel. It was the first of his three novels to be published. There do exist some editions that have another order of the chapters than the one by Max Brod.

Synopsis: Though the tag 'dystopia' is somewhat inapt it probably does strike the feeling of the novel: after all the highly hierarchical court and its multi-layered bureaucracy, to whose power Josef K. is helpless, is a projection into a land that didn't exist at the time the novel was written.

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Translations

Year	Title
1925	Der Prozess
1990^ⓘThe fragmentary novel in an edition prepared from Kafka's manuscripts. Preserves the original spelling and punctuation.	Der Proceß^?Der Process

Year	Language	Title
1937^ⓘTranslated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir	English	The Trial
1946^ⓘRenewed translation. Translated by Aukusti Simojoki	Finnish	Oikeusjuttu
1956^ⓘTranslated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir; revised, and with additional material translated by E. M. Butler	English	The Trial: The Definitive Edition
1957^ⓘTranslated by Alexandre Vialatte.	French	Le procès
1983^ⓘTranslated by Primo Levi	Italian	Il processo
1994^ⓘTranslated by Idris Parry	English	The Trial
1999^ⓘTranslated by Breon Mitchell	English	The Trial
2004^ⓘTranslated by David Wyllie	English	The Trial
2005^ⓘTranslated by Richard Stokes	English	The Trial
2008^ⓘTranslated by John R. Williams	English	The Trial
2009^ⓘTranslated by Mike Mitchell	English	The Trial
2020^ⓘTranslated by Isabel Tucker	English	The Trial

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Der Prozeß	1925-00-00	Franz Kafka	Die Schmiede			411	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Der Prozeß	1935-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Verlag (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Schriften #3)			286	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Trial	1937-00-00	Franz Kafka	Gollancz		7/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	285	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Trial	1937-00-00	Franz Kafka	Alfred A. Knopf				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Georg Salter
Der Prozess	1946-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books			287	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Der Prozess	1950-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke)		DM 11.50^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	328	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Der Prozess	1951-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke)		DM 13.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	326	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Der Prozess	1953-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke)		DM 14.50^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	326	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Trial	1953-00-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books		2/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Trial	1953-08-00	Franz Kafka	Alfred A. Knopf			296+ [1]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Georg Salter
Der Prozess	1958-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke)		DM 15.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	326	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Der Prozess	1960-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke)		DM 15.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	326	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Der Prozess	1960-04-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei (Exempla Classica #3)	EC3	DM 2.20^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	170+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Franz Kafka
Der Prozess	1960-10-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei (Exempla Classica #3)	EC3		170+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Franz Kafka
Le procès	1962-00-00	Franz Kafka	Le Livre de Poche #841-842			433	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Der Prozess	1962-04-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei (Exempla Classica #3)	EC3		170+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Franz Kafka
Der Prozess	1962-09-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei (Exempla Classica #3)	EC3	DM 2.40^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	170+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Franz Kafka
Der Prozeß	1965-00-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei ( Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei #676)	676	DM 2.60^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	165+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Der Prozeß	1966-09-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei ( Fischer Bücherei^?Fischer Buecherei #676)	676		165+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Franz Kafka
The Trial	1968-00-00	Franz Kafka	Heron Books (Books That Have Changed Man's Thinking)			xvi+ 280	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Trial: The Definitive Edition	1969-00-00	Franz Kafka	Vintage Books	0-394-70484-3 / V-484	$1.95^?$: US dollar	340	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Le procès	1969-05-16	Franz Kafka	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche #841-842)			433	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Trial	1970-04-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	0-14-000907-8		256	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Trial	1980-00-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	0-14-000907-8	£0.95^?£: UK pound	256	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Lotte B. Prechner
Il processo	1983-04-00	Franz Kafka	Einaudi (Scrittori Tradotti da Scrittori #1)	88-06-05585-2	Lit 7,500^?Lit: Italian lira	260	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Penguin Complete Novels of Franz Kafka	1983-06-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books	0-14-009009-6		638	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Oikeusjuttu	1984-00-00	Franz Kafka	Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö^?Werner Soederstroem Osakeyhtioe Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio (Koulun peruskirjasto #56)	951-0-12777-9		234	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Hannu Taina
Der Prozeß	1986-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer	3-10-038171-8		230+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Der Proceß	1990-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer	3-10-038131-9	DM 68.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	365	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Der Proceß	1993-00-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #11413)	3-596-11413-6	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	284	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Trial	1994-06-30	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)	0-14-018622-0		192	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Der Proceß	1994-11-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke in zwölf Bänden #3)	3-596-12443-3	DM 14.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	297	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Irina Ionesco
The Trial: The Definitive Edition	1995-03-28	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books	0-8052-1040-7	$11.00^?$: US dollar	xxi+ 281	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Il processo	1995-10-00	Franz Kafka	Einaudi (Einaudi Tascabili. Letteratura #324)	88-06-13983-5	Lit 13,000^?Lit: Italian lira	[4]+ 260+ [8]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Trial	1999-07-01	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Schocken Kafka Library)	0-8052-0999-9		312	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Trial	2000-06-29	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	0-14-118290-3		208	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Jacob Sutton
The Trial	2005-00-00	Franz Kafka	Hesperus Press	1-84391-401-8	£7.99^?£: UK pound	xvii+ 211	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Der Prozeß	2005-01-31	Franz Kafka	Suhrkamp (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch #3669)	3-518-45669-5	€6.00^?€: Euro	279+ [3]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Complete Novels	2008-04-03	Franz Kafka	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	978-0-09-951844-0	£12.99^?£: UK pound	746	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Anna Crone
The Trial	2008-10-05	Franz Kafka	Wordsworth Editions	978-1-84022-097-1	£3.99^?£: UK pound	192	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Der Prozeß	2009-00-00	Franz Kafka	Suhrkamp (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch #3669)	978-3-518-45669-9	€6.00^?€: Euro	279+ [3]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Trial	2009-00-00	Franz Kafka	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	978-0-09-942864-0			unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	novel
The Trial	2009-07-09	Franz Kafka	Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics)	978-0-19-923829-3	£9.99^?£: UK pound	240	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Trial	2009-07-22	Franz Kafka	Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions)	978-0-486-47061-0	$4.00^?$: US dollar	176	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Trial	2010-01-26	Franz Kafka	Vintage Digital (Vintage Classics)	978-1-4070-5393-6	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Anna Crone
The Trial	2012-03-05	Franz Kafka	Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions)	978-0-486-11462-0	$3.50^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Trial	2012-09-04	Franz Kafka	Serenity Publishers	978-1-61242-813-0	$6.50^?$: US dollar	172	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Trial	2014-07-01	Franz Kafka	Roads Publishing (Roads Classics)	978-1-909399-29-7	€12.50^?€: Euro	240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Essential Kafka	2014-09-07	Franz Kafka	Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth Classics)	978-1-84022-726-0		xxiv+ 614	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Nathan Clair
The Trial	2015-01-31	Franz Kafka	Amazon Media				ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Trial	2015-07-02	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-241-24830-0			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Jean-Claude Planchet
The Trial	2019-00-00	Franz Kafka	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	978-0-09-942864-0	£7.99^?£: UK pound	216	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Suzanne Dean
The Trial	2020-03-15	Franz Kafka	Arcturus Publishing (Arcturus Silhouette Classics #7)	978-1-78950-976-2	$12.99^?$: US dollar	208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Trial	date unknown	Franz Kafka	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	978-0-09-942864-0	£7.99^?£: UK pound	216	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Anna Crone
The Trial	date unknown	Franz Kafka	Amazon Media				ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel

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Reviews

Review [English] by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock (1988) in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books , reprinted in:
[English] Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
[English] Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1988)
[English] Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1991)
Review [English] by Steve Rasnic Tem (1988) in Horror: 100 Best Books, (1988) , reprinted in:
[English] Horror: 100 Best Books (1988)
[English] Horror: 100 Best Books (1992)
[English] Horror: The 100 Best Books (1998)