Title: Vor dem Gesetz

Title: Vor dem Gesetz Title Record # 1614573
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.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1940^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	Spanish	Ante la ley
1948^ⓘAlso appears in Kafka's novel The Trial. Translated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir.	English	Before the Law
1955^ⓘTranslated by Alexandre Vialatte	French	Devant la loi
1981^ⓘTranslated by J. A. Underwood	English	At the Door of the Law
1993^ⓘTranslated by Mike Mitchell.	English	Outside the Law
2003^ⓘTranslated by José Rafael Hernández Arias.	Spanish	Ante la Ley
2007^ⓘTranslated by Michael Hofmann	English	Before the Law
2015^ⓘTranslated by Ian Johnston	English	Before the Law

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
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.	coll
Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen	1920-05-00	Franz Kafka	Kurt Wolff			189	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Ein Landarzt: Kleine Erzählungen	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
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.	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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

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Review [English] by Peter Young (2015) in Big Sky, #5: Hotel Catatonia