Title: Vor dem Gesetz
Title Record # 1614573
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1915-09-07
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: German
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Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1915-09-07
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: German
Note: Initially written between the midth of October and the midth of November 1914.
First published in the independent Jewish weekly magazine Selbstwehr, vol. 9, #34 on September 7, 1915.
Synopsis: A man from the country seeks the law and wishes to gain entry to the law through an open doorway, but the doorkeeper tells the man that he cannot go through at the present time. (Wikipedia)
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen?Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzaehlungen |
1920-05-00 | Franz Kafka | Kurt Wolff | M 12.00?M: East German mark |
189 | 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. |
coll | |||
Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen | 1920-05-00 | Franz Kafka | Kurt Wolff | M 40.00?M: East German mark |
189 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen | 1920-05-00 | Franz Kafka | Kurt Wolff | 189 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen | 1920-05-00 | Franz Kafka | Kurt Wolff | 189 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Vor dem Gesetz | 1934-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Verlag (Bücherei des Schocken Verlages #19) | 19 | RM 1.25 | 80 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Erzählungen und kleine Prosa | 1935-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Verlag (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Schriften #1) | 280 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Erzählungen und Kleine Prosa | 1946-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Schriften #1) | 287 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | 1948-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books | 320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | 1949-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books | 320 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||||
Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen?Das Urteil und andere Erzaehlungen |
1952-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Fischer Bücherei?Fischer Buecherei (Fischer Bücherei?Fischer Buecherei #19) |
19 | DM 1.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
201 | 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. |
coll | ||
Erzählungen | 1952-00-00 | Franz Kafka | S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke) | DM 16.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
321 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | 1961-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books (Schocken Paperbacks #4) | $1.95?$: US dollar |
317 | 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. |
coll | |||
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | 1969-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books (Schocken Paperbacks #4) | 317 | 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. |
coll | ||||
Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen?Das Urteil und andere Erzaehlungen |
1970-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Fischer Bücherei?Fischer Buecherei (Fischer Bücherei?Fischer Buecherei #19) |
19 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
137 | 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. |
coll | ||
Sämtliche Erzählungen | 1970-01-00 | Franz Kafka | Fischer Bücherei?Fischer Buecherei (Fischer Bücherei?Fischer Buecherei #1078) |
1078 | DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
406 | 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. |
coll | ||
La métamorphose | 1970-11-22 | Franz Kafka | Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche #322) | 177 | 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. |
coll | ||||
The Complete Stories | 1971-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books | 0-8052-3419-5 | 486 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | 1971-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books (Schocken Paperbacks #4) | $2.45?$: US dollar |
317 | 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. |
coll | |||
Sämtliche Erzählungen | 1973-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #1078) | 3-436-01062-6 | DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
406 | 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. |
coll | ||
Antología de la literatura fantástica | 1977-00-00 | ed. Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo | Edhasa + Sudamericana (Pocket Edhasa #8) | 84-350-0165-2 | 435 | 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. |
anth | |||
Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen?Das Urteil und andere Erzaehlungen |
1977-06-00 | Franz Kafka | Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #19) | 3-436-00030-2 | DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
137 | 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. |
coll | Franz Kafka | |
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories | 1978-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) | 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. |
coll | Edvard Munch | ||||
Fiction of the Absurd: Pratfalls in the Void | 1980-12-00 | ed. Dick Penner | Mentor / New American Library | 0-451-61904-8 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
339 | 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. |
anth |
René Magritte?Rene Magritte
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Stories 1904-1924 | 1981-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Macdonald & Co. | 0-354-04639-X | £7.95?£: UK pound |
271 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
The Complete Stories | 1983-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books | 0-8052-3863-8 | $22.50?$: US dollar |
xxi+ 486 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen?Das Urteil und andere Erzaehlungen |
1983-05-00 | Franz Kafka | Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #19) | 3-596-20019-3 | DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
137 | 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. |
coll | Franz Kafka | |
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories | 1984-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) | 0-14-004441-8 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
190 | 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. |
coll | Edvard Munch | |
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories | 1987-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) | 0-14-004441-8 | £3.95?£: UK pound |
190 | 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. |
coll | Edvard Munch | |
The Book of Fantasy | 1988-11-00 | ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo | Viking | 0-670-82393-7 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
384 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
The Book of Fantasy | 1988-11-00 | ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo | Xanadu | 0-947761-44-6 | £14.95?£: UK pound |
384 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
The Book of Fantasy | 1989-06-00 | ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo | Viking / QPBC | $9.95?$: US dollar |
384 | 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. |
anth | |||
The Book of Fantasy | 1990-08-00 | ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo | Black Swan | 0-552-99401-4 | £5.99?£: UK pound |
523 | 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. |
anth | Stephen Player | |
The Book of Fantasy | 1990-09-00 | ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo | Carroll & Graf | 0-88184-656-2 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
384 | 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. |
anth | ||
The Little Book of Horrors | 1992-04-00 | ed. Sebastian Wolfe | Xanadu | 0-947761-45-4 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
126 | 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. |
anth | Tony Johannot | |
The Dedalus / Ariadne Book of Austrian Fantasy: The Meyrink Years 1890-1930 | 1993-01-00 | ed. Mike Mitchell | Dedalus (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) | 0-946626-93-6 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
416 | 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. |
anth | Gustav Klimt | |
The Dedalus / Ariadne Book of Austrian Fantasy: The Meyrink Years 1890-1930 | 1993-01-00 | ed. Mike Mitchell | Ariadne Press (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought: Translation Series) | 0-929497-63-5 | 416 | 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. |
anth | Gustav Klimt | ||
Collected Stories | 1993-09-16 | Franz Kafka | Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library) | 1-85715-145-3 | 503 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
Sämtliche Erzählungen | 1994-01-00 | Franz Kafka | Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #1078) | 3-596-21078-X | DM 14.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
406 | 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. |
coll | Franz Kafka | |
Drucke zu Lebzeiten | 1994-10-00 | Franz Kafka | S. Fischer | 3-10-038155-6 | DM 68.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
457 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen | 1994-10-00 | Franz Kafka | Wagenbach | 3-8031-3577-X | DM 48.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
79+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Franz Kafka | |
Ein Landarzt und andere Drucke zu Lebzeiten | 1994-11-00 | Franz Kafka | Fischer Taschenbuch (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke in zwölf Bänden #1) | 3-596-12441-7 | DM 14.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
370+ [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. |
coll | Irina Ionesco | |
The Complete Stories | 1995-10-00 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books (Schocken Kafka Library) | 0-8052-1055-5 | $15.00?$: US dollar |
xxi+ 486 |
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. |
coll | ||
Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen | 1999-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Wagenbach | 3-8031-1182-X | DM 24.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
viii+ 85+ [3] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
The Dedalus Book of Austrian Fantasy: 1890-2000 | 2003-04-00 | ed. Mike Mitchell | Dedalus | 1-903517-13-3 | £11.99?£: UK pound |
401 | 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. |
anth | Friedensreich Hundertwasser | |
The Complete Short Stories | 2005-00-00 | Franz Kafka | Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics) | 978-0-7493-9946-7 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
vii+ 486 |
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. |
coll | Anna Crone | |
Metamorphosis and Other Stories | 2007-01-25 | Franz Kafka | Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics) | 978-0-14-118812-6 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
xvi+ 299 |
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. |
coll | Jacob Sutton | |
The Complete Stories | 2012-10-24 | Franz Kafka | Schocken Books | 978-0-307-82945-0 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
Cuentos completos (Textos originales) | 2014-10-00 | Franz Kafka | Valdemar (El Club Diógenes #204) | 978-84-7702-672-3 / CD-204 | 662 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Alfred Kubin | ||
Collected Stories | 2015-01-28 | Franz Kafka | Everyman's Library | 978-0-375-71269-2 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories | 2015-04-30 | Franz Kafka | Broadview Press | 978-1-55481-224-0 | C$13.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
170 | 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. |
coll | ||
Collected Stories | date unknown | Franz Kafka | Alfred A. Knopf | 978-0-679-42303-4 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | ||||
Les chefs-d'œuvre de l'épouvante?Les chefs-d'oeuvre de l'épouvante |
date unknown | ed. Jacques Bergier, Alex Grall, Jacques Sternberg | Planète (Anthologie Planète) | 472 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Gourmelin |
Reviews
- Review
by
Hartmut Binder
(1993)
in "Vor dem Gesetz": Einführung in Kafkas Welt?"Vor dem Gesetz": Einfuehrung in Kafkas Welt
- Review [English] by Peter Young (2015) in Big Sky, #5: Hotel Catatonia